dancing through life – on broken feet
tales of a jesus-loving writer, her adorable little fam jam, the world's most fabulous weenie dog, grace, travel, love, life, and dealing with a rare and incurable autoimmune disease.
As you can see, yesterday was a super fun day in my world. After a long long (LONG) time contending with massive GI symptoms, I had stalled as long as I could and I had to have an endoscopy and colonoscopy. First, let me say that I have no problem actually having the procedure -... Continue Reading →
Quite suddenly over the past few days, I developed a significant GI bleed. It became clear quickly that there was no way to manage with waiting on a GI appointment and I would have to go to the ER - which I have tried desperately to avoid - to get to the cause of it.... Continue Reading →
Running. Running. Running. Barefoot through the dew covered grass. Running - Until I'm breathless. . . All a dream. Often in my dreams. . . I run free. Long. And return home. . . Hot, tired, sweat-covered. . . Happy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... Continue Reading →
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I have wanted to talk about several things related to mental health issues and my own health - but, ironically, my health hasn't behaved well enough for me to get to that in these past few weeks. So, today I'm going to share about this week's health adventures... Continue Reading →
I've been on prednisone for a LONG time now, y'all. Way too long, in fact. When I first fell ill with Celiac Disease in the fall of 2012, symptoms of my systemic autoimmune disease soon followed - and I soon began receiving frequent steroid injections as well as having to take courses of oral prednisone... Continue Reading →
Today, I started my day sobbing. I misstepped on Sunday - a small one that a normal person wouldn't even have taken note of - and some of the broken bones in my right foot shifted more - making them worse and much more painful suddenly. Since then, between the foot and scheduled appointments, I... Continue Reading →
As you all know, I'm writing a book about death, and, in doing some research this weekend, it lead me down a rabbit hole of sorts with arguably my favorite actor of all time, Phillip Seymour Hoffman. First, I watched this devastating documentary: https://youtu.be/4eYZRhg5OrY It is such a painful reminder of his loss. Even more... Continue Reading →
Life Ain't Always Beautiful Life ain't always beautiful Sometimes it's just plain hard Life can knock you down, it can break your heart. Life ain't always beautiful You think you're on your way But it's just a dead end road at the of the day. But the struggles make you stronger And the changes make you... Continue Reading →
I don't really know where to begin telling you what this body has been doing over the past week or so. In some ways, it's been an even more wild ride than my recent hospitalization - and that's saying something. I suppose I'll begin at the beginning. CRPS On The Move With all that has... Continue Reading →
You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things have to do with forgiveness. - Cheryl Strayed Plenty of humans are monstrous, and plenty of monsters know how to play at being human. - V. A. Vale For many... Continue Reading →
