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?”
Category Archives: Insightful Stories
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”
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”
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 feelingContinueContinue 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 theContinueContinue reading “Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 3”
17 Minutes to Launch
I begged my Mama to tell me my birth story over and over as I grew up. She always told me the exact same story. On a wonderful, summer Thursday morning back in the 60’s, Mama and Daddy sat down to eat breakfast. Well, Daddy sat and Mama worked; cooking the eggs, sausage, toast, andContinueContinue reading “17 Minutes to Launch”
A Snow Day with Peanut
Snow Day! Most kids love to play in the first good snow, but with temperatures below 10 degrees, this Grammy said, “Nooooooooooooo!” Peanut got here about 8:00 a.m. We started with a breakfast of sausage and scrambled eggs with orange juice. Yum! Of course, this Grammy just ate a boiled egg with coffee. We decided toContinueContinue reading “A Snow Day with Peanut”
Alonely
Most of her waking existence, the word “alonely” has been her reality. Yes you read that correctly, it’s not a typo. A-L-O-N-E-L-Y. It is a state of being she has inadvertently chosen, yet not completely felt comfortable wearing. Often encircled by wonderful friends, yet she is somehow absolutely by her…SELF. Alonely sings to her in throughout sleep and wakefulness. It hums the monotone song that she is missing something. StrangeContinueContinue reading “Alonely”
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