I wrestled with this question. The vaccines came about so quickly. My health issues were already quite complicated. My husband was high risk for hospitalization and death if he were infected with Covid-19. What should I do? What should he do? Was the vaccine safe? Would it make us sick? We heard in late DecemberContinueContinue reading “Should You Get the Covid-19 Vaccination?”
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Forgiveness Does Not Absolve the Other Person
Why do you say to your friend, ‘Let me take that eyelash out of your eye’? Look at yourself first! You still have that big piece in your own eye. Matthew 7:4 All religions teach forgiveness. My family had its share of anger, resentment, and violence. It was hard for me to understand why GodContinueContinue reading “Forgiveness Does Not Absolve the Other Person”
5 Skin Problems that Should Send you to a Dermatologist
Television helps pharmaceutical companies inform the public extensively about the current medications available to help those who suffer from psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. There are so many new drugs for these two autoimmune diseases, and each one comes with a list of side effects that would scare anyone away from taking them. How do youContinueContinue reading “5 Skin Problems that Should Send you to a Dermatologist”
My Surprise Calendar
Waking. Sleeping. Working. What is different for me this year? I saw a little Zen pad calendar with daily sayings for 2018 in Barnes and Noble a couple of years ago. I grabbed it on my way out as a “see it, buy it” purchase. Laughingly, each day I would read each little quote andContinueContinue reading “My Surprise Calendar”
What is Psoriatic Arthritis?
The alarm goes off and I open my eyes. I know not to move too quickly because any small movement could be followed by a flare that would last for days. Slowly I turn and reach carefully to deactivate the alarm. Oh my God, my fingers! How could such a small movement, touching my phoneContinueContinue reading “What is Psoriatic Arthritis?”
Cancer: Battle With Lymphoma
The aging man lay next to the mature woman, his leg wrapped around hers, his arm lying over the top of her body with his fingers gently touching her thigh. She felt all the emotion of his thoughts as he breathed in and out. She was transported to a place she never known with another. ContinueContinue reading “Cancer: Battle With Lymphoma”
Dancing Leaves
The old woman wrapped herself in the bearskin blanket, Shivering from cold within the rustic cabin in the woods. The Big Toothed Aspen rose loftily outside the window. Thinking of her childhood, her thoughts meandered. Leaves on the aspen danced theatrically with the wind, Her eyes twinkled with encounters she remembered. The wind, the leaves,ContinueContinue reading “Dancing Leaves”
Is My School Safe?
Ari Anita Miller: Kindergartener When I got to school this morning, police cars were everywhere. Policeman walked around the building. Mommy walked me to the front door like she always does, but Mrs. Lockley wouldn’t let Mommy take me to breakfast. Mommy always walks me to breakfast, then we throw my trash away, and weContinueContinue reading “Is My School Safe?”
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 1
What do I really see? Well, I have come a long way from where I began, but frequently. I see a program full of source code that reads like pre-installed crapware.
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