(Since I don’t currently feel up to composing a new blog, here is an older one I wrote a few years ago and thought you may have missed or would enjoy reading once again.) When you face a major change … Continue reading →

  My body is a wreck. My condition, never “mint;” Sometime, when I was gone My body came and went. If I was a horse Irregardless how I cope, I’m certain that by now I’d be a bar of soap. … Continue reading →

    LOST: I miss my mind most of all. “Where oh where has my little mind gone?” I miss my firm, former body that didn’t hang down, jiggle, wiggle or rebel against me at every turn. I miss one of my breasts. … Continue reading →

THE FOLLOWING IS A BLOG WRITTEN SOME TIME AGO. I FELT IT SAID SO MUCH THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THESE INSANE CURRENT TIMES IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING WITH THIS VIRUS HANGING OVER OUR HEADS…LITERALLY. PLEASE STAY SAFE MY DEAR … Continue reading →

  Currently more of us are staying at home due to this awful pandemic. Since many accidents occur in the home, I thought it was time to tackle the subject. One doesn’t have to be disabled to have an accident … Continue reading →

  Note: please allow me to share an older blog with you which I wrote several years ago. It seems appropriate to this very strange and sad time we are currently experiencing. Enjoy, keep your chin or chins up and … Continue reading →

  One day, several years ago, my then six-year-old granddaughter said to me, “Nana, you want to hear something?” I said, “Sure,” because she was giggling which made me think it was going to be extra good. She said, beginning … Continue reading →

    Many days in my life I allow the thorns to win. If it hurts, don’t do it. How many times are we told by others to rest? Rest is an all too welcome respite for many of us … Continue reading →

This pain is present every day, Unyielding, oppressive, still there. Why doesn’t it take a day off? Who said life is always fair?   Inhabited by the unwanted I feel victimized, possessed; I ask myself all those questions, What did … Continue reading →

WHAT SIZE IS YOUR COURAGE? I’m constantly amazed at the power of the human spirit. I’ve met so many wonderful people in my nursing career and on this blog. The degree, the size or the intensity of the pain is … Continue reading →