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Getting back out there and the power of harvest season…
Posted on October 14, 2016 2 Comments
It has been far to long since my last blog post. After 36 years of surgeries for my Congenital Heart Defects and one very traumatic hospital event, I developed (or was struck by) PTSD and so much of what made me the person I love just seemed to vanish for awhile. I have been doing […]
Exploration and Limitations: a CHD road trip
Posted on April 3, 2016 Leave a Comment
The first thing I thought when my cousin told me he would be coming over from the east coast for a visit was pure joy! I had spent many summer traveling around with him when he was younger…I was the driver and he held the maps, we always got lost and we always had an […]
The Reality of Writing the Truth
Posted on November 5, 2015 10 Comments
If you ask me what my idea of heaven is, what I picture what it will be like after I’m gone from this world…it is one long stretch of beach and I’m running. Everything flows right, I can actually feel my heart beating and it is strong. I have air in my lungs, I take […]
The Art of Panicking
Posted on July 26, 2015 9 Comments
Is there an art to panicking? There is a school of thought that says in order to combat attacks, you need to stop fleeing from the situations or things that cause anxiety. But what if the thing that causes you panic is actually implanted inside of you? I think I’ve mentioned this before, but recently […]