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Can I Give My Body Back?
I’ve tried really hard but I’ve had my fill today, I’d like to give my body back. I’ve been a good patient and met it halfway, but it’s given me a hard smack. Each blink is gritty, my vision blurry, my eyes under attack. A deep breath in, diaphragm expanding, I tried to cut…
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Grief That Grows
Over the years, I’ve experienced and witnessed some intense and powerful grief. The kind of grief that can command all of your consciousness, monopolize time and put a tight grip onto an unrealistic perspective. Grief for my healing body and what it used to be. Grief for tragic loss of friendship, grief for love…
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How An Artist Is Finding Peace With Treatment Resistant Illness
When I first became ill, I thought I just needed answers so I could figure it out and get on with life. Then, as I gained answers and started a treatment plan, it became clear this was going to be a long road with no end in sight. After years began to pass, while…
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The First Post…
I’ve never been a profound writer or speaker. Nor would I ever pretend that I know the best ways to process the forks in the road that life repeatedly navigates me to. I will admit that I’m fairly predictable with what I do to process and internalize my sometimes complex and real life scenarios.…