Category: Nitty Gritty Dirty Grief
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The Inspirational, Devesational, Heartwarming, Heartbreaking, Mitochondrial Conference
Last weekend found me in Pittsburgh- which was surprisingly quite lovely. I was there with my Mito Crew for the Annual Mitochondrial Conference. And Colorado had a presence! We had t-shirts, and a booth and chocolate and a video. It is good to have a presence…and a t-shirt….and a voice. This is a tough, tough…
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A Safe Place
CRAP! It’s May 30th…..and I seem to have forgotten I have a blog… Well not really. I struggled with the whole Mother’s Day post….. what to say about a holiday I truly despise but represents and honors many of the people I love. I thought I could be snarky ‘I hate Mother’s Day’ Girl and…
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Relevant
I have to be perfectly honest with you…..I have been struggling to write. I have sat down two times with an idea for a post and abandoned both of them. That’s not like me. I have something to say. I say it. But last couple post have felt like cold oatmeal…..a great idea when it’s hot…
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Jane, get me off this crazy thing……called love
Once upon a time, a long time ago, I lived in a mystical part of Germany called Garmisch Partenkirchen. Seriously, it was a real place. So real I wikipedia’d it and put a link to it so you could check it out. It is pretty cool. I was a ski instructor there which was also the definition…
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Resiliency is not a Super Power
I recently submitted an essay on resiliency….and here it is. Super heroes can turn invisible on whim. They can circle the earth and turn back time. They can fly. There is no super power for being resilient. I’m not even sure what that would look like…. ‘Resilient Girl, able to surmount horrible life tragedies and…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 