(Revised 2:30 p.m. PST) Turns out ostriches don’t actually bury their heads as some kind of response to an unknown threat. Females dig holes for eggs. Mothers put their heads in the holes regularly to rotate them. This is the image that led to the reference of burying one’s head in the sand. Like anContinue reading “The Last to Know”
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One Year Later – Hope
I just passed the one year mark of the day I wrote a suicide note and purchased the supplies necessary to carry out my plan the next day, the Monday before Thanksgiving. I thought about it briefly, seated at our holiday table a few days ago, with my husband and two grown sons, but madeContinue reading “One Year Later – Hope”
Thankful Tonight
There were empty seats at the table across America today, for a variety of reasons. Unfortunately, there will be a lot more people missing Christmas and New Year’s in the next couple of months. This is a certainty. Images of people filling airline lobbies and check-in lines, cars snaking through the freeways. Our frontline medicalContinue reading “Thankful Tonight”
9/11 on Repeat
For those too young to remember, this is what the Twin Towers looked like before we knew we were under attack by 19 radical extremist Islamists at the behest of Osama bin Laden, a name most of us had never heard. The world was transfixed as the towers collapsed, causing a cloud of debris whichContinue reading “9/11 on Repeat”
Disconnected???
Awakened to NO internet connection. Immediate response: It’ll probably come back in a bit. No big deal. 10 minutes in: You know, this is nice. It’ll be good to have a quiet day. 20 minutes in: Checking frequently doesn’t seem to help. 25 minutes in: Message my neighborhood group asking if anyone else was havingContinue reading “Disconnected???”
What Is My Thing?
You know how after a tragedy, people say no one knows what they’d do unless they were there. Well, here we are, nine months into a pandemic with millions getting ill and dying around the world. With the worst up ahead, we are in that moment. So, I started thinking about how I’m handling thisContinue reading “What Is My Thing?”
So Damned Tired
Fibromyalgia 101 Recently, one of my doctors remarked that, because I have an autoimmune disorder, I’ll need to really look into the COVID vaccine before I get it. My response? “So, you do consider fibromyalgia an autoimmune disorder?” She said, “Yes, it’s an autoimmune disorder.” Over the years, I’ve heard no one knows what causesContinue reading “So Damned Tired”
Rx Drug Soup
A year ago this month, I fell down a scary hole, darker and deeper than I’ve previously experienced over 25 years of hiding or running from depression. I became suicidal, writing my goodbye letter and shopping for the necessary supplies. The antidepressant I took was obviously no longer effective. The psychiatric ARNP whose been helpfulContinue reading “Rx Drug Soup”
Here we go!
Election day is finally here! Hopefully, tonight we will know the results, but it could take a couple weeks to get all the votes counted. I have been awestruck and inspired by all the early voting. It gives me hope. I voted for the soul of our country.
Happy Birthday!
Halloween is the anniversary of my first born’s birth. He arrived two weeks earlier than predicted, but he had been trying to get moving for for months. We got thru bedrest at beginning and end, insulin dependent gestational diabetes, and he was breech. All these hiccups, and I said to my husband, “The only thingContinue reading “Happy Birthday!”
