Framing Moments

.Reading time 3 minutes.

“I’m going no matter what!” Two nights of no sleep has made me even more determined to live life, so I shower, fuss with my hair, and even put on makeup. Clothes are not comfortable right now, so I choose a skirt made from cotton t-shirt material and dress it up with a blouse, and […]

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Chutes and Ladders

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Chutes and ladders brings to mind childhood: playgrounds backyards, and board games: For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Chutes and Ladders.

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Avoidance Therapy

.Reading time 2 minutes.

I just want to sleep. Situational, my therapist calls this type of depression. Saw my family doctor this week, and she confirmed that the skin condition could be cancer. At best, it is a rare condition that will need specialist care. It is both itchy and painful, but there can be no treatment until the […]

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Harmony

.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nature sets the mood,her artistry harmonic (For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: harmony.)

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Three of a Kind

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For Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: Three of a Kind

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Nature’s Balm

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Questions flood in as evening sets, the initial shock of hearing the ‘c’ word now wearing off. I sleep little, spending way too much time with Dr. Google, without any satisfaction. Ric is scheduled to go into town a bit later, so I take the car early and head to a new trail in our […]

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V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #47: In-Between

.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Shouldn’t be long,” I tell Ric before passing through into the rows of examining rooms. The receptionist who called yesterday, saying there was a cancellation, suggested this was just a consult and preliminary examination. My health has been declining since long before we returned home. The thing about having a chronic illness is that it […]

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A Triggered Response

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Don’t know about you, but I read each post with a slightly different eye this week, looking for one that provoked a response. Many did, but none more than Tina Stewart’s Brakebill’s post: Already Lost. Early in my teaching career, I had a troubled student, who was assigned to three out of four classes with […]

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