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Do You Hear the People Sing?
It’s Friday evening. I’m always hesitant to post on Friday. It reveals the fact that I’m not out at a hip bar drinking appletini’s but instead sitting in my study contemplating the meaning of life. Alas, I am a tad nerdy. But also tonight mind and body demand a little downtime. A little time to…
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If we were Vampires
Hubs and I spent the last week in Vermont and upstate New York with dear friends. A friends daughter was getting married and we were lucky enough to attend. Situated in the Green Mountains lies the estate of Abraham Lincoln’s only child to live into adulthood; Robert Lincoln. The grounds are lovely; the peonies were…
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Does trauma gives you a hall pass? Someone should tell the hall monitor
I posted something cryptic on Facebook Saturday. It caught a lot of attention from my tribe but it really wasn’t a big deal…. Nothing like seizures, mitochondrial strokes or premature death. I joke because I can. Because I have survived these things. I watched the EEG of my daughter explode. I have held hands in…
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I have PTSD- and that’s okay
I came across this article today and it has resonated with me. I have PTSD. I have been diagnosed, treated and I am proud of my work to make my life with this a little better. To assume I could come out the other side unscathed would have been naïve and I have been okay…