Mental Health
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Shelf Improvement
When’s the last time you organized your linen closet? What might you discover when you do? Continue reading
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Nature is Party to All
I thought all of the fields in my beloved farmland were barren. Then I discovered one that was not. Continue reading
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Begin Again the Story of Your Life
I look at my worn and weathered journals and wonder: have I learned anything? Have I created anything? Continue reading
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Inexorable Sunset
As we grow older we must learn to accept our “steady diminishment.” Continue reading
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Used Up and Spent?
After 10 weeks away, I returned to my beloved farmland. It wasn’t the same. But what wasn’t I seeing? Continue reading
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SURGICAL LESSONS — RESOLVE!
The stages of recovery from a tough surgery take time to go through, but perhaps in the end, you have renewed resolve to move forward. Continue reading
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SURGICAL LESSONS — WORK!
When I thought I needed medication, my physical therapist instead provided motivation. Continue reading
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SURGICAL LESSONS — PLAY!
When chronic pain hits, brain fog descends. What do you do when you can’t concentrate? Continue reading
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SURGICAL LESSONS — BELIEVE!
“Some people go to priests, others to poetry, I to my friends.” — Virginia Woolf Continue reading
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SURGICAL LESSONS — LAUGH!
Laughter is the best medicine . . . unless you’re constipated, or worse, you have to use a medical toilet; or worse — are you kidding me? — there’s nothing worse. Continue reading
