All religions teach forgiveness. My family had its share of anger, resentment, and violence. It was hard for me to understand why God wanted me to worry about my faults when I had deep trauma inside due to the actions of another. I did not understand what God wanted. I thought I was required toContinue reading “Forgiveness Does Not Absolve the Other Person”
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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 youContinue 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 andContinue 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 phoneContinue 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. Continue 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, theContinue reading “Dancing Leaves”
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.
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 2
It IS my dream. MY dream. epiphany – a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. © 2016 Dictionary.com, LLC. A few months ago, in my broken state of being, I succumbed to staying at home and feelingContinue reading “Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 2”
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 3
Me-gitimacy pronunciation & definition: [mee-jit-uh-muh-see] – noun the state or quality of me deriving by reasoning, or concluding based on evidence that I am of genuine or authentic character. Back at the Beginning From the time each of us was born, we were taught by those around us. First our parents and siblings, next friends outside theContinue reading “Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 3”
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