Spring Is Here

  The obstacles in my life are happening so that something can be born perfectly. What am I birthing? What has this long journey been showing me? While I have been painfully crawling through the gunk of my life I have been show these things. I am strong. I am...

Feng Shui: A Book Review

  I have been contemplating changing up my own environment to meet my goals that I want to accomplish. Feng Shui by Cheryl Grace came at the right time into my life, thank you God. What I learned from Grace’s book is that you can change the energy of your home by...

Offline

I was offline for four days due to the Internet being down that my apartments offer. One of the maintenance crew accidentally did something to the router and screwed things up when he was moving things around to get ready to paint. Life sure happens, doesn’t it?  It...

American Savage: A Review

  I never heard of Dan Savage even though he lives in the same state that I live in Washington State. It could be that I don’t run around with the anti-gays or even the gays and that could be the sole reason why. I have chosen not to partake in the slamming of...

Staph Be Gone!

I have a staph infection or had one, thank goodness I went to the doctor when I did and didn’t allow it to fester until it was so strong that it wouldn’t respond to treatment. I have two days left on my antibiotic pill and I am to continue to use the ointment...

Be Well

  Good morning. I hope your day is filled with joy and lots of powerful breathes to keep you flowing through-out your day. I will be heading to my Otolaryngologist to see how my stoma is doing. The medication, though it makes me fill icky is doing its job. The...

Reminiscing

My favorite book from my pre-teen years, when I to became an orphan and lived with a couple of different families before I found the permanent one that has become my family now. Though my mom was nothing like Marilla or my dad was nothing like Matthew, but still they...

Born To Blog: A Review

I picked this book out to see what the authors had to say about blogging. I started blogging in order to keep my family, friends, and interested parties up to date on my health. I couldn’t talk well at the time due to a trach and numerous throat surgeries and...

Courage To Ask

“I remembered that the real world was wide and that a varied of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had courage to go forth into its expanse…” Charlotte Bronte from Jane Eyre Standing in the shower feeling like I was going to slip and...

Adventures In Rehab

  Two weeks down and six weeks to go for my pulmonary rehabilitation and progress are being made just in the three days I have gone. I go two days a week. I woke up Wednesday morning with a fever and dizziness due to my taking of Ciprofloxacin. This medication is...

Beyond The Pasta

  An amazing adventure of cooking, traveling, learning a new language, and building relationships set in Italy. I feel a strange desire to have my own month long adventure all the while absorbing the culture, the sites, the food, and the people. There are several...

Adventures In Rehab

My third day of doing pulmonary rehab went well. I still didn’t want to go. Perhaps it is because I took my new medication that I am supposed to be taking for ten days Ciprofloxacin. I know a mouth full to say. I am supposed to be taking it twice a day for ten days....

The Blues

After my disastrous day on Friday I chose to have a quiet and contemplative weekend. I have a lot to ruminate in my mind. My mind seems to be swirling with thoughts both negative and positive about my situation. I hate those days when nothing seems to be going the way...

Improvements In Movement

  I found out on Friday that the pulmonary rehab is already showing signs of improvement in my movement health. While walking the long corridor towards my doctor’s office my heart rate did not go up to 183 or higher like usual. It only reached 156. Yes, it was...

Reveal: A Review

  I enjoy hero journeys where they are on a contemplative road of finding the love of God inside of them and not from the outside which consist of other people’s views and opinions of God. A relationship with God is a deeply personal and intimate relationship...

Back In Pink

  For the last 3 to 4 days I have been fighting a bout of insomnia, causing me not to want to do my rehab on Monday. I hate when this happens. This woman loves her sleep and she does not feel like herself without it. Despite feeling this way I went ahead and...

My Next Step: A Review

  I have never heard of ReMax, what attracted me to “My Next Step” was that it was about a journey through illness and recovery. Something I know a lot about, since my first experience with being ill in 2008. I felt compelled to read and be inspired. I enjoy...

The Road

“I will point out the road that you should follow, I will be your teacher and watch over you. Don’t be stupid like horses and mules that must be led with ropes to make them obey.” Psalms 32:8-11 I am the most stubborn woman. It takes me a long time to make a decision...

Some Things Comes In Purple

Last Tuesday I had my evaluation for pulmonary rehabilitation. It was a challenge, especially the six minute walk. I came home with some booklets and pamphlets of what I will be doing in the next eight weeks. One section of the booklet talked about exercise and what I...

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