Why We Unite
I know as a child I was taught many things by example. It was not by words but by deed. My father was a leader. He would see if there was a need for something in a community we lived in and if it was… Read More »Why We Unite
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Old School
Sometimes I forget. The best way. To turn your day? Is to go back. Make the thing you see become the truth you hold inside be the thing shining so brightly from a long ago trek. When writing was all it took to flip your… Read More »Old School
Stay the Course
My heart is broken, I can see you in the ship. The bow is tipping, I can barely see you cause the storms are ripping! Your little body is trying to stay the course, even while it fights you already broken in the galley &… Read More »Stay the Course
How do you know?
I saw her sitting by her husband, I was sitting/leaning against my hubby. We were all in the basement! Looking like Shel Silverstein’s too many kids in this tub! But nothing was funny! As I strived to not glance around too much, I was quickly… Read More »How do you know?
How Do I Know Love?
How do I know Love? I know love by its ways. When I can’t lift my head for days? You ask, “Hon, is there anything else I can do or you need?” How do I know Love? When forced to wear a new embarrassing accessory? … Read More »How Do I Know Love?
Privileged While Incurable
I am privileged! There is no doubt about it! I am blessed with three amazing grown children who chose wonderful partners to spend their lives with and then on top of this there are 4 beautiful grandsons. When I say privledged? I tell you I… Read More »Privileged While Incurable
A Wish for 2016 to: THE MIGHTY
4. What’s one wish you have for the upcoming new year related to your experience with disability, disease or mentalThe Mighty has as a request for December stories this #4 Question, and when I saw it? I knew immediately what I was going to write! I… Read More »A Wish for 2016 to: THE MIGHTY
GP Reality Check
A Poem For GPI really wish you would just let me be Cause about the time I begin to rest you start jabbing me in my chest! Then that little monster that lives inside of my intestines begins to claw and act like it has… Read More »GP Reality Check
Twas The Night Before Christmas /GP version
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a GPer in the house. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care even while vomiting up-and-down the chair! In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be… Read More »Twas The Night Before Christmas /GP version
Why I Am Thankful for a GP Team Isaiah 40:31
A Share of Gratitude on Thanksgiving Week. I am grateful we have a team who lives and breathes #curegp! We are constantly choosing the we and not the I –staying out of Manure (manucsho) knowing with 1L💚VE on 1Team we can #CureGP Across the many… Read More »Why I Am Thankful for a GP Team Isaiah 40:31