I saw a meme yesterday about how easily you can hurt yourself when you’re over 40 – you know, like straining your back getting out of bed or hurting your shoulder while doing dishes. I’m 43, and that meme holds a little too much truth. Two months ago, I started working at a thrift store,…
Tag: chronic illness
Tossing the Milestones
There are many pain surgery centers in my area and, unfortunately, I’ve visited a few. In the last five years or so, I’ve been going to just one, and all the steroid injections and ablations have made me a familiar face to the nurses. (I always fill out my “patient survey” forms when I get…
Write or Right?
Today is Mother’s Day, and I lost my mom’s present. Even worse, because I spent so much time yesterday and this morning dumping out drawers and checking under furniture for the gift I bought her a month ago, I forgot that I hadn’t even written in her card. I just tucked it into my purse,…
Before the Fire 