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.
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 →
Once was a season of infinite light When the distance from Heaven was not far behind I was close to You, I was close to You Carry me back to that moment in time When the colors and fragments were beautifully bright How I long for You, how I long for You 'Cause out here... Continue Reading →
Well, there was no discharge for me today - and it seems certain I will make a full week with this admit. And honestly? This has been a really strange hospital stay in so many ways. The Early Days First, as I've mentioned before, the infection manifested suddenly in BOTH feet - what the actual... Continue Reading →
As I've been inpatient for the past six days now, I've been talking with the nursing staff here about what they have witnessed with COVID-19 and I've been reading the news and trying to understand what's happening as restrictions are lifted in my state - and there are several things weighing on my mind and... Continue Reading →
As I started writing early this morning, I was enjoying the view out my window. . . And singing along to The Grateful Dead. . . . . . when my fabulous nurse came in and burst out laughing and said she was so glad someone was having a party up on the cardiac floor.... Continue Reading →
Like the rest of 2020, May has started off. . . not according to plan. I'm writing to y'all having just been admitted to the hospital, with bolus fluids going, my first doses of IV Vanco and Ancef already on board, my left foot - infected - wrapped and awaiting my surgeon in the morning,... Continue Reading →
During my January hospital admission, I learned that - despite having made no changes in my diet - my diabetes had shifted in a huge way from August of the previous year. My hemoglobin A1C - a measure of how well my diabetes had been controlled over the previous several months - had been 7.1... Continue Reading →
Dear Sign Carrying Protestor, A few days ago, you decided to attend an event in Nashville, while Tennessee was still under a stay at home order for COVID-19, to express your objection to that order - and also to carry the most ugly and uncalled for sign imaginable. In fact, it was so ugly that... Continue Reading →
