“We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.” Kenji Miyazawa Cancer. It’s a hot-button word that can evoke deep emotions—fear, anger, sadness, gratitude, and even joyful triumph. Like many of you, I have friends and family members who have fought the disease. Alas, some have succumbed, but others have survived and…
There are no words to express the abyss between isolation and having one ally – Gilbert K. Chesterton Right now we’re in the middle of social distancing due to the coronavirus. Though not considered extreme isolation, it is unlike anything we’ve experienced before. It’s been strange to not be able to stand close to people…
In giving birth to our babies, we may find that we give birth to new possibilities within ourselves. ~ Myla Kabat-Zinn When we brought our first baby home from the hospital, my hubby and I were excited, nervous, elated, unsure, and worn out. We wanted to be the best parents possible, so we read a…
“To Love despite pain is pure angel”
“To love is human. To feel pain is human. Yet to still love despite the pain is pure angel.” Rumi Fibromyalgia is one condition, among many, that I am so grateful I don’t have. I can’t even imagine the challenges sufferers have to contend with while being in pain many days on end. Trying to…
“I’ve got a prostate the size of a honeydew and a head full of bad memories.” ~ Jerry Stiller Gentlemen – do you know why you have a prostate gland? If you answered no, you’re not alone. According to a recent survey of more than 3,000 men by the European Association of Urology and Boston…
“Hormones are very powerful things. We are helpless in their wake.” ~ Meg Cabot Did you know that for your brain and body to really be healthy, your hormones need to be balanced? When our hormone levels are out of whack, a whole host of unpleasant symptoms can rain down on us! Hormone imbalance is…
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway One summer in the early 90’s when our children, Jill and David, were young, we dodged a bullet with regards to Lyme disease. Howard packed up the car and we took a ten-day family vacation, driving from our home in…
“Parkinson’s makes me squirm and it makes my pants ride up so my socks are showing and my shoes fall off and I can’t get the food up to my mouth when I want to.” ~ Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, although he didn’t make it public…
I still remember it clearly— I was in first grade, and started to feel headachy and sick during class. After placing her palm on my forehead, my teacher told me to gather my belongings. I was headed to see the nurse. Soon my mom arrived to take me home. By then I was coughing. But…
I’m not much of a drinker. I’ll sip an occasional glass of sparkling wine to be social, but the truth is I’ve never really cared for the taste of alcohol; it reminds me of cough medicine. It’s high in calories, too. I would rather gain weight eating chocolate cake than drinking a glass of wine…