I’m a side-sleeper, sometimes back but not stomach. Nothing about sleeping on my stomach is comfortable for me. So, when nurses told me that I should try spending more time on my stomach than on my side or back, I said the “obvious” – “I can’t get comfortable on my stomach.” I was not outright…
Health & Wellness
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Shame, Embarrassment, and Panic
This is my site so I’m not going to pull any punches. Some of the stories I’m going to share in this series on “The Stories We Tell,” won’t be pretty. Many of them will probably hurt more in the writing than in the reading. Some will be funny later but aren’t funny today. Still,…
Make a Life, Not Excuses
In the hospital, the ICU bed was one that moved in different places randomly to increase blood flow since I spent most of my time in bed. Every time the bed moved, I thought it was Riley crawling into bed with me. Even with morphine and all the stuff attached, I instinctively reached for her….
Action: Responding to that “Feeling”
I’ve been thinking a lot about compassion, action, and responding to the voice of God. Fear of Being Wrong When I first gave my life to the Lord in 1998, I was extremely responsive to His voice. I trusted that I heard Him, and I did or said what I felt He was leading me…