Recently I heard a therapist asked “does this person have any friends”? For some reason that question made me stop and think. The more I thought about it…I found myself having to admit, sadly, I have no friends. Correction, I have a couple (2) friends that I speak with occasionally. Unfortunately, they both live 1.5/2 hours away so I don’t get to see them often enough. More spherically, I do not get to spend any “GIRL TIME” because in order for me to get to them, my husband has to drive me. I HATE what #paralysis has done to my life…done to me! Most days I don’t recognize myself when I loo ..read more

WOW is the only word I can think of to begin this blog. As many of you know, my husband and I returned from our first cruise   to Alaska on August 8, 2023. All I can say is the last month was more than emotionally draining. Kurt tested positive for #COVID on August 9th. Thankfully his only primary symptom was extreme tiredness that left him sleeping most of the next 3 days. Even though I had no symptoms, we felt it would be best if I took a home test, which I did and to our surprise, I tested positive. Again, thankfully I had no symptoms!. Then about a week later my mother tested positi ..read more

It’s been about a month since I blogged and I must say, I miss not blogging ? Somehow I feel I never have enough time. Last month was 7 years marked since I became #paralyzed due to surgery gone wrong, leaving me to live life in a #wheelchair. As a result, there is very little I can do so it seems odd that I’m “busy.” What on earth is keeping me to busy LOL! I will admit, I spent several weeks on the phone and internet researching and planning a cruise to Alaska for Kurt and I. This was a MAJOR undertaking for me. First, I have not flown since before #paralysis. I have not even attempted to b ..read more

Hey y’all, I’ve been MIA for awhile I know, but for the most part, when that happens things are going pretty good in my life and somehow time just slips away, like it does for most. So here I am back writing again. What does that mean, yup, you guessed correctly if you guessed things haven’t been going great or my emotions have been/are out of sorts. So I titled this post “As Simple As A Hug”   because once again, due to being #paralyzed and stuck living life in this #wheelchair , I had two (2) really eye opening experiences that reminded me how much I miss being able to really hug someo ..read more

So after surgery gone wrong in 2106 left me #paralyzed, I’ve been struggling to get my faith back. Now, I have NEVER, let me NEVER, stopped believing in #God but I just feel lost…but I keep trying to get back, get back to where I was #spiritually before June 2016. About a year ago, one of my cousin’s shared the #Holy_Bible app with me. Several months ago my cousin also shared the app with my Mom, who reads the Bible everyday. I’ll be honest, I sit down to read this only every once in a while, I’m by no means a regular #Bible reader. Seems when I’m feeling a bit down or lonely is when I reach ..read more

One of my goals this year is to be a bit more regular with my blogging. So, here I am! The second goal is to try to move forward with my life/our life. I’m pretty sure I could move forward a little easier if there weren’t so many obstacles that creep up nearly every day to remind me of what I’ve lost that terrible day in 2016. All that is now past and as I said Hello 2023, I briefly eluded to our next big, no HUGE, trip; we are booked for a cruise to Alaska! I say HUGE because this is my first cruise and for me, taking a cruise at all is makes me nervous but add in doing it in a #wheelchair ..read more

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yes I’m a little late but it’s only the 11th and I think it’s okay to say Happy New through the month of January but either way…I’m sad and glad to see 2022 leave. In February 2022, I became a MRS., I got married making me the happiest I thought I could ever be, then two (2) weeks later I lost my Dad; I felt the deepest sadness I’ve ever experienced. So as I/we begin 2023, I am truly trying to be positive and look forward to see what 2023 has in store for me. We are hoping our Class B RV will be ready possibly by end of February! As many of you know, we actually began our ..read more

Crazy Few Months… OMG, it’s been a crazy life these past several months. As you probably (hopefully) read in my Scary October post, my honey/husband and now Kurt was diagnosed with #prostate #cancer in June. Because I’m now a full time #wheelchair user (and a #little_person) we not only had many decisions to make for Kurt, like which treatment option would hopefully result in the best outcome and which doctor/surgeon did we feel would understand our deepest concerns and have the best skills/reputation. So began the research for radiologist oncologist, surgeon and help for me which the later t ..read more

Hi everybody, it’s me again, I hope you don’t think I’ve forgotten you and I hope you haven’t forgotten me. Yes it’s Scary October but not scary because of Halloween. Instead October is scary because my husband needed Prostate Cancer surgery on October 4th. With my husband‘s prostate cancer diagnosis this past summer the last few months have just been a whirlwind of meeting with doctors, meeting with surgeons, meeting with radiologists and finally deciding on having surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The month of September alone was crazy; with two in-person appointments for ..read more

WOW, I haven’t posted here since March 24th! So what’s been happening in my world during the last 4 months…..foe starters, after I wrote Happiness Followed By Hidden or Maybe Not So Hidden Sadness, I had to jump right into Ms. mode. Over the next several months of helping my Mom with organizing my Dad’s paperwork, and still very much missing and morning the loss of my Dad, I found myself returning to the one thing I knew would help relax me (or so I thought/and still think), my old friend the cigarette after 12 years of not smoking, Truthfully I was prepared to stop again a few weeks ago whe ..read more