I am reading two books: Becoming by Michelle Obama, of course. And a little fluff – and yet not fluff. It’s actually quite interesting: The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince – Mayte Garcia, Prince’s first wife. In the book, Mayte writes: “We shared a common belief that whatever you’re passionate about, you should learn about […]
Category Archives: cystic fibrosis
Silliness
“Take on step off a hundred foot pole.” It means, can’t rest at your success. Or your failure. “I have written something wonderful.” Good, but it is a new moment. Write something else. – Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones I have written anything yet this New Year. I needed a rest. I needed to […]
Nutshell
Yesterday I did my repeat PFT and it went up 5%! It actually went up 7%, but I am not sure if that is accurate. I am never sure if any of my PFTs are accurate, but that is the score, recorded in time. I had made the decision that if my lung scores stayed […]
Pesto
I started watching this four-part series on Netflix last night: “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.” I heard the creator in an interview on MPR this last week and how she was talking about the history of olive oil and how Americans really don’t know very much about it. How olive oil is truly supposed to taste, […]
Tater-tot hot dish
I grew up around men with rough and course hands from endless days of gripping and pounding. Calluses formed and smoothed over their palms and inside of their fingers protecting their beaten skin, making them look larger than they were. Tiny cuts in and around the bends of their fingers, some bright red from moments […]
Until We Spoke
This afternoon I pushed the button down on my inhaler canister. It seemed light. I looked at the dosages, “0”. I plugged in my computer knowing the battery juice was low while trying to get ahead of the pages I have to read this weekend. After a good 45 minutes, I turned on my computer […]
Now Tell Me
It’s interesting when I think how far I have come and I believe I have a long stretch to go – There are four I’s in that sentence. Sometimes you need to be I-focused when you are pulling that energy from way down deep. I have been trying to figure out what exactly I want […]
Web-log blog
I write to make sense of things, or to try and make sense of things. Even though I say a lot on this web-log blog, there is a lot I don’t say. I try to stay positive for the most part. I don’t know if I succeed at that all the time. So, I have […]
Open Doors
I spoke to my brother last night and it seems as if my parents are in a bit of a crisis. I am not going to go into what the crisis is – this is today’s crisis, just like there was yesterday’s. This is what I do know. The reel. The reel my mom has […]
How dare you?
I should be doing my treatment, instead I am upstairs in my writing room. I write better here, because it is where the writing is done. I have had many thoughts running through my head. I had a patient say the other day, “You are very present.” “Well, all this stuff is not easy.” I […]