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From my blog, Dreams at Stake
When I was a little girl, I remember often being told by a variety of adults that "life is hard." This was most typically said when I complained about something I saw as terribly unreasonable or unfair, such as not being able to eat dessert without first...
From my blog Dreams at Stake
<i>An April 2003 Journal Entry</i>
I had one of those rare but stunning moments the other day where I just felt flooded by the utter profundity of this world at the miracle of actually being alive and part of this infinite web we have yet to fully understand...
This is a post from my blog from last month. I've had a rough month with my health, and am just now well enough to come and repost it here. :-)
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I can remember a day when I was 15 years old, sitting on my bedroom floor and writing in my journal. I was upset about something I...
From my blog at: http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com
ME/CFS has often been referred to as an invisible illness. This is because, for the most part, we don't actually look sick. While the severity of ME/CFS varies from mild to severe, the disability levels of those more seriously afflicted have...
From my blog at: http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com
I went to an all-girl, Catholic high school with only 44 students in my graduating class. Among other essential courses in science, math and english, every student had to take a typing class as part of the required curriculum. This, at the...
This is a post from my blog from a few months back that I'm just getting around to posting here. :)
What I Miss Most
Note: This is a journal entry from a couple years ago. I was a bit hesitant to post it here, as it was written in what was a moment of grief for me. I pretty much bare my...
From my blog at http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com
You often hear the word survivor used to describe someone who has overcome a life-threatening illness or situation. There are survivors of cancer, strokes and heart attacks. There are survivors of natural disasters, poverty, rape and of war...