When I was 16 years old, Life said hello and never allowed me to say another. My communications class assignment was to give a three minute speech on something I knew. Hard enough for a beginner, a shrug for the professional. I had no idea what I knew, but I knew CF. I knew it […]
Author Archives: Tessa Weber
More to do, More to be done
Natalie Merchant and the 10,000 Maniacs – brings me right home. The MTV unplugged album. It settles in like a cozy blanket and a good book. Countless hours I spent listening to this album and studying away. The melody and beats open the door to you, giving you just-the-right-amount-of time to cross the threshold. Extending […]
Clear the Slate
I have been wanting to write all day. I have notes written everywhere. My little inspiration notebook, notes in my phone, tiny pieces of paper – with no time to collect and form a full thought; a paragraph of thoughts. It has been driving me nuts. The worst thing for me is to have words […]
How Lucky Am I?
When you are young all you want is love and support, before you knew what love and support was. You, my dear friends, are and were the catalyst for three distinct moments in my life that I was able to do what I did because of love and support from you. It is not necessarily […]
I Forgive
Preface: This is probably the most difficult thing I have written in my life. I realized two things after I wrote this – I am writing and posting from a place of strength and I did not do anything wrong. One of my dearest friends says to me, “You have to let it go.” So, […]
Palms Up
It is tough business getting older. I wouldn’t recommend it. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be here but being human is a complex business to handle. Each year as my birthday approaches, it is like Steven Tyler singing those high “Dream On” cords, Axel rose screaming into the microphone, Slash whaling on his […]
God Willing
I have been doing this a long time – managing my health; overcoming, breathing, believing in the miracle of what can be, what honestly what should be. In what I see life could be, given thought, openness, gratitude, and for fuck sake, some fucking relief. A pause. A stopping of the continuum, to look at […]
Simply
“Happiness is having that one friend who calls you up out of the blue to find out how you are, listens a little as you jabber and indicate you were about to mow the lawn, and then shows up while you are mowing the lawn with all the ingredients for dinner, makes the dinner while […]
Forging Ahead
Forging ahead in order to return. This is what I have done my whole life. From the time I was born, to the time of diagnosis weighing 9lbs at 9 months; then even after diagnosis, still only weighing 12 pounds at 12 months. From those early years of fighting for my life, even when I […]
Who Knew?
It all returns to gratitude. It is like wiping your shoes at the door, taking that step in, and leaving the word’s stress at the door. Opening your arms to the hugs and smiles you left just a few hours before. Each sunrise, followed by putting the day to rest. The sand between your toes, […]
