Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria

I’ve been thinking about these delights quite a lot lately. What qualifies as a delight? There are quick shots of delight- they dance onyour tongue like dark chocolate. And then there are delights that brew in your head. They are not immediate-it is not instant. Perhaps a process that sooner or later becomes a delight-a…

I talk often about how much I love you all. The GIFT I absolutely feel in having amazing people in my life. It is a gift. YOU are a delight. We are older. The fragility of life and our time on this earth has become more relevant. A month after this photo was taken, one…

I am trying to move more. Time of Covid, working from home shuffling 20 steps from my bedroom to my study, to sit for hours…. and hours…. Is not healthy. And I know I’m better, I’m clearer, I’m happier when I move. I KNOW that. Recently the American Heart Association came out with a study…

Mitochondrial disease is a horrible diagnosis- it is progressive, heartbreaking and all around just awful. But in the midst of the awfulness, some amazing people come into your life. One of these amazing Humans is my friend Calvin. I have known Cal for 15 years. Tomorrow this amazing human turns 17. If you know Calvin,…

This really isn’t Junior and I. But maybe it’s our alter egos. Junior out on the prairie, we’re riding along having just rescued a calf separated from his mother……The sun setting between his cute little horsey ears. Today I volunteered my Therapeutic Riding Center as a horse lead. Junior is my very patient horse. We’ve…