Book Review: Come Thirsty by Max Lucado
I have always enjoyed the books I have read by Max Lucado. Come Thirsty is another of those inspirational books, yet because I was not ready for this book because my mind was stubborn, I still needed to read this nonfiction book and it helped to chip away at some of...
I Want To Be Done Now
On August 9th I wrote the following on Facebook: I just added appointments to the calendar for imaging to see if the cancer is gone. I’m fighting an anxiety attack. I am supposed to do 3 more radiation treatments and I am terrified. I should be safe. I am taking 10 mg...
Inside Out
Sometimes I try to climb back into the embrace of Our arms entwined and our heart to heart Of the early days of marriage While we healed each other from things we only felt but couldn't talk about The things we were created to comfort in each other That no one else...
Wade In The Water
I recently have begun looking for old songs that have called to me throughout my life. I hummed a tune to Karen and she immediately began singing "Wade in the Water," which, with a very small amount of research, I learned is an Underground Railroad Hymn. It was used...
We Are Not Friends
I blocked someone today. I don’t block many people but I blocked this person because they keep sending me friend requests and the reason we are not friends, after 3 decades, is that they chose to break off our friendship. They had done this a number of times. They had...
Sometimes Healing is Harder Than It Has Been Before
Healing is hard. I have said this before. Sometimes healing is harder than it has been before. Sometimes it takes us deeper than we have ever been before. Lower than we have wanted to go before. Lower than blue. The shade I call minor depression. Because I don't just...
A Big Picture
I have realized I have to keep a relaxed mindset about politics. Although I care deeply, it is too much stress for me. I can’t seem to get away from it so I kind of let the information flow through my mind easily to allow myself to catch a big picture. I let go of...
I Have Built Muscle
I don’t do a lot of cardio because too much causes my fibromyalgia to flare up. I especially have not been overly active this month because of the blood clot scare and having to take time to let my lungs, heart and liver heal, following this episode. I do, however, do...
Healing is Hard
I am so tired. Healing is hard. To quote Jamie Holloway, it is brutal, slow and exhausting. It takes time. It takes as long as it takes and no doctor can really know how long it will take you, especially if you are chronic because you already have things going on...
Different Parts of My Medical Team
I have several meetings this week with different parts of my medical team. I met with my psychiatrist today. He manages my mood stabilizers. I don't have a personality disorder, so these meds would not be technically called mood stabilizers but that is what they do...
5 Books for July 2025
We are always heading somewhere, even if we don’t realize it. We are headed to the grocery store or to work or to the bathroom. Maybe to daycare or the library or to the doctor’s office. Sometimes we are physically grounded on the couch but our mind is wandering...
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