As each year passes, living with chronic pain and disease, I find myself grateful to still be alive to be grateful, to be grateful to still be alive, well, you get the picture. The older I grow the … Continue reading →

  As we look forward to a new year approaching, with the Christmas holidays upon us, I’m sure you are thinking ahead. I realized how close 2020 is when last week I began making doctor’s appointments for the coming year. … Continue reading →

  There are so many ironic names for a sometimes foggy state of the human mind. I know you know what I’m referring to, right? It helps meto add a dash of humor to the situation; it’s less scary that … Continue reading →

Some days, I know there are not enough Band-Aids in the world to cover all my areas of pain. Colored, striped or Snoopy designs, they don’t matter when your everyday needs are so great. The following aren’t real bandages of … Continue reading →

    Is there another word in the English language that is used as often as the word stress? We use it to explain a bad hair day, physical pain, relationship problems, driving in traffic, a rotten day on the … Continue reading →

When my life was changed by chronic pain I was only in my forties, and it all seemed so unfair. I was constantly searching for answers, reasons why and didn’t do it silently. The search went on in my case … Continue reading →

THE PUZZLE AND THE PHONE CALL My life lies scattered ‘bout me Puzzle pieces all about. No game did this, it happened When my life was just in route. Each day I ’wake with pain, Is it possible you do? … Continue reading →

  I’ve always loved trees. I can remember as a child a tiny palm tree my Dad planted in our front yard in Pomona California. Many, many years later when my sisters and I had all left home, Dad sold … Continue reading →

  Those of us who have had to change our lives due to illness, accident or chronic pain know all about being lonely and isolated. During this time when the world is more divided than not, during this social change … Continue reading →

    We learn early in life to relate to our world by using our five senses. Many individuals believe a fetus in the womb learns the sound of his mother’s voice long before birth. I love to read true … Continue reading →