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Cancerversary
One year ago today, sometime after 2:00 in the morning, I woke up my partner, Brian, and told him I felt I needed to go to the emergency room due to severe abdominal pains. I had just taken three consecutive … Continue reading
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Tagged alcohol recovery, biopsy, brain aneurism, cancer, Cancerversary, chemotherapy, child sex abuse, colon, colonoscopy, colostomy, complications, constipation, Covid, CT scan, death, Devil's Lake State Park, diagnosis, diverticulitis, Dr. King, drains, edema, emergency room, fear, health, heart attack, heart issues, hiking, ICD, ICU, ileostomy, implantable carioverter defibrillator, infection, IV, life, liquid diet, living, love, lymph nodes, Meriter Hospital, natural causes, near-death, oncologist, opertion, ostomy, oxygen, pain, physical therapy, positive energy, recovery, rehabilitation, sickness, Spring, stricture, support, surgeon, survival, survivor, tachycardia, tumor markers, X-ray
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A Walk in the Woods
Today was a perfect day for a spring walk. It was about 60 degrees in Wisconsin and sunny a day before we’re scheduled to be under the threat of rain for the rest of the week. Last year, due to … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, cancer, Christians, circles, community, cycles, death, deer, desert, eagles, energy, heart, Heaven, hike, humanity, land, landscapes, life, light, love, nature, plants, prairie, rain, rebirth, reincarnation, seasons, soul, spirit, spirtuality, tree, tundra, universe, walk, Wisconsin, woods
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The Promise of Spring
It was a beautiful day today with snow and ice melting, water rushing in the gutters, geese squawking as they flew overhead, songbirds singing, and the smell of spring in the air. While I know it’s still February and winter … Continue reading
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Tagged colon cancer, February, geese, human, ileiostomy, insects, mammals, March, nature, recovery, snow, songbirds, Spring, wildflowers, Wisconsin
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A Tough Year
This has been a tough year. At different times I have heard myself saying, “This has been the toughest year of my life.” And yet . . . And yet here I am. Today I went for a hike and … Continue reading
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Talking about Talking Spirits
I stumbled across this presentation recently and wanted to share it. Quite a few years back, I was the writer/director of a living history cemetery tour called Talking Spirits. It was an annual event sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. … Continue reading
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Whispering willow
Wind whips through the whispering willow overlooking the crying, drying, dying stream. She bows down in prayer, gently sweeping over the banks, giving thanks for her years of life and the water that sustained her.
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On the Guilty Verdicts
The fact that a police officer murdering a man in broad daylight was found guilty tells us not that justice is served in this country, but that justice has been absent all along. The guilty verdict of Derek Chauvin is … Continue reading
Thank God for the Insurance I Hate
Resting in a hospital bed in the middle of the night gives one a chance to ponder many things. Due to multiple heart conditions over the years, I have had time to do the standard processing that may come with … Continue reading
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Tagged Americans, campaign gifts, cleaning people, colon cancer, colostomy bag, death, doctors, emergency room, health insurance, heart condition, Homeless, hospital, insurance, insurance plans, life, medicine, money, nurses, politicians, public health care, shareholders, surgeons, surgery, United States
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Emotional Distancing
Apparently I did not know how much fear, stress, and anxiety had built up within me over the last year, but apparently it was there all along. Not only was I socially distancing, but I was also emotionally distancing. While … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, anxiety, appointments, BMI, body mass index, Catholic guilt, Covid, disease, eligibility, empathy, envy, fear, feelings, frustration, health care, health conditions, heart condition, hug, human beings, jealous, lesson, life, love, pandemic, pharmacy, pre-existing conditions, relief, social distancing, stress, survivor, uncertainty, vaccine, virus, wait list, waiting, Wisconsin
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Self-care
My body in the water; miniature geysers erupting as my body slides deeper, enveloped in the warmth that feels like a return to the womb. Elemental heat, light flickering, swaying to the beat of my breath. On the walls around … Continue reading
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A Single Bluebird 