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.
Wednesday was not the first day since the COVID-19 pandemic began that I learned awful news related to this horrible disease and someone I care about. No. However, it has been one that has absolutely knocked me down. Someone dear to me is terribly ill with COVID-19 and she is in isolation and I know... Continue Reading →
Way back in 1997, when I graduated high school, I wanted to go to Mississippi State - and had made several visits and had scholarships - but life got in the way and it just didn't work out. I was crushed. (I dug out my senior year scrapbook and found these.) Of course, back then,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a super important day. It was the birthday of My Person. She lives in a different state and with schedules and COVID and my ailment I won't get to celebrate with her together until next month - but I've been thinking about how incredibly blessed and lucky I am to have my bestie/sister... Continue Reading →
This morning, one of my favorite Facebook pages, Unvirtuous Abbey, posted this: And it really got me thinking - because I have such an abiding love for old churches and beautiful stained glass. I stopped and took a look through some of my albums I haven't seen in awhile and found some beautiful memories. We... Continue Reading →
In Joan Didion's memoir, Blue Nights, about her daughter Quintana's life and death, she wrote of toasting Quintana and her new husband, Gerry, on their wedding day, six months before the illness that would ultimately claim Quintana's life began, saying: We wished them happiness, we wished them health, we wished them love and luck and beautiful... Continue Reading →
Happy Early Thursday, y'all! So, it's been a bit since I've posted due to: The sinus plague. Even my Sara Bug got sick - and that hasn't happened in a very long time. Yuck. Working on a major project. I have gone through my writer's notebooks from the past several years, extracting my notes I've... Continue Reading →
Lately, when I'm really having a good COVID-19 freak out - and when I really read the latest Scary Things sometimes I do - I have learned to take a moment of pause and remember one of the most fabulous ladies I've ever known, my dear Grandmother's mother, my great Grandmother Humphries. She was sweet... Continue Reading →
Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? -- Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda Like many others, I was anxiously awaiting the premiere of Hamilton on Disney Plus earlier this month. I've been a long time lover of musical theatre and a performer of it in my youth and I couldn't wait to see if this actually... Continue Reading →
Today, it's time for an overdue, Quaran-Love List. There is always much to be thankful for. ❤ Among my many blessings, I am giving gratitudes this weekend for. . . A wonderful talk with my bestie yesterday. She and her lovely husband have a big weekend of great things that they so deserve and I... Continue Reading →
Actually, I am calling July this. Everyone else mentioning it is calling it "disability pride month" - and I just can't go there. I totally get it - and agree with the concepts. The idea that there is no reason to be ashamed of our physical or mental limitations, our scars, our limps, our devices... Continue Reading →
