A Song Not Scored For Breathing

Today contained one of those serendipitous moments that I credit to my HP. I had to look up the definition of serendipity before I could pub...

I'm off on a bit of a road trip tomorrow so I might be scarce around these parts for a few days. I've been sick all weekend so I...

He sat across from me, the cannula in his nose snaking its way to the oxygen bottle that rested against his leg. He had puffy patches under ...

" I should be like Jillian and tell you to suck it up. " Dearest one is helping me get through my Ten Minute Workout by keeping ...

"You lied." I say between clenched teeth. "I'm good at that," he deadpans. Damn. I smile in spite of myself. Earli...

" I`ve never forgotten her. She gave me hope that it might be different for me one day. " I said this to the geneticist this past ...

Of course I'd think of something to say in the middle of the night. Dearest one is happily sleeping with the puglies curled around him...

Saw both doctors today. No heart surgery required. They were both so supportive of all my lifestyle changes and so happy with the results th...

"I just wanted to wake up feeling rested." It's nearing the end of the day and dearest one and I are washing up the supper dis...

Yesterday I spent the day in my pajamas. I'd have the flu since Thursday night. I ignored my pounding head and went to work Friday anywa...

"I'm scared." I look up and in the bed across from me is a woman in tears. There is no privacy in this holding cell. Least tha...

We're in big city far from home where I'll have a diagnostic test early tomorrow morning which will hopefully put another piece into...

It's been a long day. It did snow. The snow didn't last. We needed the moisture. So it's all good. The pugs and I had a long nap...

Two rambunctious little pugs woke me up this morning. It's hard to stay grumpy when they nearly wiggle themselves inside out because I a...

Increasingly during the next 6 weeks it will seem like the sun hardly sets. Which means it's no longer dark out when I get up. Nor is it...

This morning I watched an elderly couple skate circles around each other at the ice rink in what used to be the world's largest mall. Sh...

I have a full week ahead of me. Three days of work, then two afternoons of appointments. One evening meeting lasting 4 hours long where I...

"When we can see the image of God where we don't want to see the image of God, then we see with eyes not our own." ~ Everythin...

I opened my email this morning to find a note telling me today is PH Awareness Blogging Day . You can find a list here of bloggers who are ...

This is Saturday's post written on Friday night. I am so, so weary tonight. No spoons . Not sure what's going on with my body but I...