Mental Health
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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
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SURGICAL LESSONS — ENDURE!
You learn many lessons following a tough surgery; lessons that teach you how to better ENDURE, LAUGH, BELIEVE, PLAY, WORK and RESOLVE. Today’s surgical lesson: ENDURE! Continue reading
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Winter Wander Land
Nature always listens, but in winter it seems to listen more deeply. Continue reading
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Freeze the Day!
When it comes to sub-freezing temperatures, I am the frozen one, thanks to water pipes that chronically freeze. Continue reading
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My America the Beautiful
My America is not the America represented by today’s bitter cold inauguration Continue reading
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Try to Praise
How do we stand for what we believe when we are so worn out? Continue reading
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The Animal Inside Me
“There is an animal inside me/clutching fast to my heart” — Anne Sexton, from “The Poet of Ignorance” Continue reading
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It’s a Duvet in America
The results of the presidential election completely unraveled me. Continue reading
