Carry On
When I wake, the first thing I do is decide that I’m still really tired (stupid AE aftermath). The second thing I do is walk straight to...
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- Oct 18, 2021
- 5 min
Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
I’ll never forget the day I met her, in the dorm hallway. Trish is a bit (a really super duper) of a closer talker (and I love her for...
- Oct 4, 2021
- 6 min
Thunderstruck
I will never do that. I’d be the only person in history to get one and then get Lyme disease, or worms. I’m sure I’d die from it. Me for...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 4 min
You Can't Always Get What You Want
When I was little, around third or fourth grade, I desperately wanted Reebok pump shoes. Imagine a black high top, with a little orange...
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
One Toke Over the Line
“Jackie, that’s how I know you’re healing. That’s how I see true inner peace coming from you.” My counselor told me that the other day,...
- Aug 24, 2021
- 3 min
100 Years
I watch about 3 movies every 10 years. But one of my absolute favorites is Lonesome Dove. Though 6 hours long, I used to watch it every...
- Aug 3, 2021
- 3 min
Tiny Dancer
You never think it will be you. But then suddenly, it’s you. Sorry about that. Sorry it’s you. My cousin sent me an Insta video on this...
- Jul 11, 2021
- 4 min
Man in the Mirror
“For this week’s WordPromptWednesday, write about the reflection in the mirror being different than reality.” I read that and chuckled,...
- Jun 23, 2021
- 6 min
That's How Your Love Makes Me Feel Inside
“Be thankful for stumbles, they prevent falls.” I saw that on a church’s marquee at the corner of a busy street. It was the day after it...
- May 26, 2021
- 6 min
Change
"If you knew that you would die today If you saw the face of God and love Would you change?" I’ve spent the better part of three years...
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
The Times They Are A-Changin'
To keep or not to keep? To do or not to do? Stay right here in this place or go somewhere new? My life feels like a Jeopardy board. But I...
- May 4, 2021
- 3 min
Why Pt. 2
I once heard Hunter Pinke say that he doesn’t ask, “Why me?” rather he asks, “Why not me?” (If you don’t know Hunter’s story, Google him,...
- Apr 15, 2021
- 5 min
Skyline Pigeon
My counselor recently asked me to start a gratefulness journal – to write down daily thankful thoughts. But since my diagnosis and...
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
Masters of War
You came onto me so fast. Like a sick lover. But, we were never meant to be. Me and you. You’ve been away for years now. Yet, you linger...
- Mar 3, 2021
- 3 min
Here Comes The Sun
I read an opinion this morning in the New York Times, about how nurses are being overworked to serious degrees. Covid has strained these...
- Feb 13, 2021
- 3 min
Enter Sandman
“Everything is worse at night. Everything.” Said my mother to me yesterday, after I had a particularly awful night, which led to an...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 9 min
Fire and Rain
“Princesses, they’re just like us.” My friend Christina once commented that on Facebook, under a picture of Princess Kate. You know, the...
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Better Days
While I was in the psychiatric ward, and could still write a little, I wrote: “BETTER DAYS AHEAD.” It was more me trying to convince...
- Nov 24, 2020
- 3 min
Kind and Generous
*The turkey artwork is courtesy of my Kindergarten son.* When I was in college, the United States was involved in conflict in the Middle...
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Fight Song #MaskUp
This photo of me was taken at the Mayo Clinic, on November 6, 2018. It was at the height of the dark days of my recovery from autoimmune...
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