I Can't Believe I am Still Here (Today)

I am laughing today, but surely I thought I was dying yesterday!


  • Can you make the night any brighter?

    It’s late at night and instead of sitting in bed, I’d rather sit up for a few minutes and jot down the thoughts that are keeping me awake and are on my mind.  Some of it is around work, some of it is around finances, some of it is around choices I’ve made or comparisons Continue reading

  • Thankful for carbon monoxide, salmonella, and saturated fat.

    It’s the day after Thanksgiving, I am truly thankful for myself, my family and my friends for making it though a celebration at my house. It was lovely. The day was warmer than usual, with clear skies for days, allowing everyone to be outside as desired and travel easily through genuinely friendly skies to get Continue reading

  • I’m pretty sure I’m dying

    Everyday I seem to run into this thought. Or, more so, this thought seems to run right into me. I can do everything in my power to try and let it go and focus on something else, but this is the one thing in my life that has more of an obsessive nature to it. Continue reading

  • Dreams and the Heart

    For the last seven years or so, my heart has been a real focus for me. Back in 2015, I had an episode of atrial fibrillation combined with racing heart rate, that scared the heck out of me and also put me in the hospital. That evening was quite a story, but that’s not what Continue reading

  • I’ve been wanting to write a blog like this, but I wasn’t sure I’d be here.

    Do you ever have those days where you have a pain in your head, or your hip, or your gut and you think, this is it, it’s over. I knew I was dying and today is my day. Or in my case, when my heart is racing and my palms are sweating and I wonder Continue reading