Six days ago, I posted a blog post about how my orientation to time has shifted as I have gone through the process of surgery for a new aortic root and valve. It felt uncomfortable and I could not stop thinking about it. My discomfort was not because what I wrote was not authentically me. …
As I begin to reflect on the process of getting a new aortic valve and root, one thing I see clearly is how my orientation to time has shifted. Prior to this, I would say my focus on time was pretty evenly split between the past, present, and future, with my intention to be more …
“Life is impermanent. The sooner we accept this, the less we suffer. Life is always the alpha and omega. We rarely lose everything. Sensations and emotions will change. Parts of life, parts of us, get repurposed and reimagined.” This was part of a holiday message from a dear friend that spoke deeply to my experiences …
I often write about seasons of light and seasons of dark. And I have to say this summer has definitely been a darker time for me. My ex-husband passed away from Richter’s Syndrome, just seven weeks from the time of his diagnosis. This has left me with my own complicated grief for him and our …
In my last post I shared that this was scan season, the three months of the year when scans are done to update my health status. First scan up was a mammogram on my remaining breast. Everything was normal with no sign of more cancer. I breathe a sigh of relief. Next scan up was …
In my most recent blog post, I shared my fears for our country given recent political events. It felt powerful to put language to my experience and I hope it felt validating to those of my readers sharing some of the same fears that I have. But, I also felt that I left something unsaid. …
It may seem as though I have been unusually quiet these past three and a half months. And I have. Mostly because I feel conflicted about writing blog posts since the election. On the one hand, I have tried to create a safe space on my blog, apart from the chaos and division created by …
Yesterday was the first day of 2025. And leading up to this day, I saw people in many different formats discussing what the New Year will bring. There was a lot of language about letting go of the hardships of 2024 and embracing their upcoming improvements., There was discussion about the resolutions people were making …
Being retired has given me the time, space, and energy to face things that my professional life enabled me to avoid. My garden shed is clean after years of harboring spiders and other creepy crawlies that were never disturbed. My basement is looking pretty spiffy too. But the hardest things to face have been two …
I shared at the end of July that my wife had encouraged me to let go of my long to-do list and focus on doing things that felt right to me. On one hand, I thought the woman had lost her mind. But on the other hand, I wondered what it would be like to …
