I recently met an acquaintance of my husband’s and as we chatted, her recent heart attack and my vision loss came up. We exchanged our medical summaries and our current cardiac and optic status, respectively. She told me her story first, then I followed suit. After I explained that I…
This is Bassetts Ice Cream located in the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Their ice cream is the best ice cream I have ever had and always a part of visits to see my Nana when she was alive and/or any trip to the city. Although they offer many flavors…
My friend and I were at CVS pharmacy picking up diapers and prescription medications. I commented to her that in another twenty years we will be picking up the same. The medications will still be for us but then the diapers will be too (as opposed to for her grandson)….
There is no doubt in my mind that the couch in my therapist’s office isn’t for her clients but for her to lay down when we leave. And it has to be something much stronger than coffee in that mug. #haveyouhuggedyourtherapisttoday
No, this is most certainly NOT about my long ago wedding night! Nor is it a new country duo. I recently heard someone say that big things in life tend to happen quickly. It gave me pause and without much thought I tended to agree. Thinking about it further, not so…
When I was a kid, I never worried about what may be hiding in the closet or under the bed. Now, however, the monster lurks. The demon lays dormant as I fall asleep at the beginning of the night, but if I wake up hours before dawn, it is there….
Amid the emails from stores promoting their sales, two messages conveying the most opposite ends of life’s spectrum. The first, an update on a family friend with terminal cancer. He is at home and in his final hours. A request for prayers that his grown children make it home in…
I am pretty sure that people who are in shapedon’t burp chocolate while doing sit-ups.
The amount of crap daytime television programs is only outmatched by the awful commercials. Today I saw the following, all during one break, in this order: Clinical Trial for Schizophrenia Medication California Walnuts Psoriasis Medication Ulcerative Colitis Medication Democrats @ South Carolina Town Hall Meeting Tonight Oscars I have empathy…
A friend texted me this morning that she was about to begin painting one of the rooms in her house, an undertaking no one I know looks forward to. She said she keeps telling herself it will be worth it when it’s done. I replied: That’s how I feel about everything…
