My trip home to attend my mother’s internment in my home town of Boulder Co. was like no other trip I have ever made. Returning to the mountains in Colorado, I not only said goodbye to someone I loved, but I spent much of my time revisiting childhood friends and reliving memories. I am notContinueContinue reading “Visting with Ghosts (1650 miles from WV to CO and back)”
Category Archives: Healing
Leaving Life Behind
So I have avoided this post long enough. I have spent a little over a week trying to figure out how to write about losing someone I love deeply. My conclusion is there is no easy way. The fact that this love is the root of everything that I am, makes losing my mother allContinueContinue reading “Leaving Life Behind”
Three in A Row; Spring Surgery 2017
Keeping a good out look on life is what I do,it is who I am. Tomorrow is my 3rd surgery in nine months for a verity of things that all need to be taken care of but are not at this point life threatening.It has been exhausting and I am thankful for all the recoveryContinueContinue reading “Three in A Row; Spring Surgery 2017”
My Rock Through Sickness and Health
If life is a river as Robert Redford narrates in his movie ” The River Runs Through It”…. then my husband is the river boulder that we all fly fish from. As my life takes another unexpected turn I am so glad he is always so strong and steadfast.He is unmovable in his faith thatContinueContinue reading “My Rock Through Sickness and Health”
Carpal Tunnel and Cubital Tunnel Surgery Success
4 weeks into my husband’s Carpal Tunnel and Cubital Tunnel recovery we still have 4 more weeks to go. I feel a little overwhelmed these days. I am working away from home for the first time in a couple of years and this is the same few weeks that my husband was able to haveContinueContinue reading “Carpal Tunnel and Cubital Tunnel Surgery Success”
Fighting All My Fears with Karate.
It may seem a little odd for ( to quote my son) ” for an earth muffin hippy wanna be” to go find my health both mentally and physically in the art of Shotokan Karate. I know that on the surface my lifestyle seems to have no connections to my current studies of Marital Arts.ContinueContinue reading “Fighting All My Fears with Karate.”
The Beginning and the End
As the truth of the news sets in I fill with a choking pain. I do not know what to say and I have no idea what is going to happen in our families future. They don’t give instructions on how to deal with the cancer process. The results from Grandma chemo are the worst youContinueContinue reading “The Beginning and the End”
4 Tips to Avoid Getting Poison Ivy From a Girl Who Has It!
Ok lets just say that my husband told me so…. and I did it anyway. I have never really had a bad case of Poison Ivy up until this mothers day weekend. I wanted to clear away a vine that was clearly poison ivy off a tree we use as shade in the back yard.ContinueContinue reading “4 Tips to Avoid Getting Poison Ivy From a Girl Who Has It!”
The Count Down Begins, The Future With Out My Cast
Many of you already know that I have spent most of the last 12 months in a cast on my left leg. I was actually placed in the cast on Dec 9th of last year do to a tiny bone being fractured in the bottom of my foot. I started out being told it was 8ContinueContinue reading “The Count Down Begins, The Future With Out My Cast”
Flying with a 6 year Old and a Set of Crutches…. REALLY?
So I did it ! Not in the cool comfortable style of young urban hipster, but in the aging mom with a 6-year-old and crutches type of flying. OK, it was worth every effort that me and my family had to put into the trip but I would not volunteer to do this again. ThingsContinueContinue reading “Flying with a 6 year Old and a Set of Crutches…. REALLY?”
Mountain Mama Reads and Writes 