I took Riley out for a short potty walk this morning. Oh, how she wanted to go further, faster. And, I wanted to let her. She wanted to jump into the bushes onto the critters moving the branches and walk through the deep, muddy grass. And, I wanted to let her. Instead, I directed her…
Phase 1: Full Liquid Butternut Squash Soup
Ingredients 8 fluid ounces Pacific Creamy Butternut Squash Soup 2 ounces Part Skim Ricotta Cheese 2 TBS High Protein Lactose-Free Skim Milk Powder 8 fluid ounces Fairlife Lactose-Free High Protein Fat-Free Milk To taste Fresh ground black pepper To taste Ground cardamom To taste Ground cinnamon Instructions Add all ingredients to a blender and…
We Need Each Other, Thoughts About Self-Soothing, Isolation, and Holding Space
I have a lot to say about this photo. Thought #1 Riley was scared because of the loud upstairs neighbor. She stood in the middle of the living room and I could see her considering her options. Fear short circuits the brain, it often doesn’t matter that we have a lot of options in a…
Just Because He Loves Me
God has saved my life – over and over again over the years; and last November, as most of you know, He did it again between 8 and 10 times depending on the nurse who talked to me. While I was in the hospital, He and I talked about a lot of things and He…
Glorious Pee Fountain
Did the picture get your attention? This, dear friends, is an external female urinary collection device. Rather than describe how it fits, I’ll show you a picture… I called it a “banana” because it looked like one and it made talking about it a little easier. It does just what it looks like, curves between…
The Audacity of Youth
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…
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,…
God: The Same Forever
Just because God brings something good out of a situation, doesn’t mean He orchestrated it. I hear people talking about things, like what I’m going through now as if God did it to me. But I know this for certain – God does not make people sick or hurt them or put them in the…