Staying Steady - part one
Rain, snow, ice, sleet, puddles, steps, sidewalks, cobblestones. These are all things that have put an undeniable fear in me. Welcome to life on crutches. And it gets better - I am on crutches and not...
View ArticleStaying Steady - part two
No one really tells you what you can do, but you are told what you cannot do. You cannot put weight on your right leg for about 8 weeks. You cannot run. Ever. Again. You cannot start any kind of weight...
View ArticleJust Being
I have been told to be still - been told to just be. Much easier said than done. I am tired of sitting around... it actually is painful to sit around all day. Seriously, it hurts to sit. My physical...
View ArticleStepping forwards & Backwards
(image from www.zazzle.com) So, I thought that I was going to be able to start "walking" the other day. NOPE. Michael, my PT (who is amazing), pulled out a calendar and pointed out that in fact 6 wks...
View ArticleRunning up the Hill
It was spring in DC - full on SPRING. It has yet to travel up the coast to Boston. I spent a few days in DC with the American Heart Association as part of Lobby Day - time to speak to members of...
View ArticleNeither Far nor Near
My niece thinks that we are moving to Target - yes the store. Thanks to my mother and the timing of a conversation, my niece things that Target is Abu Dhabi. It will be a sad state when she starts...
View ArticleBreaking Hearts
It has been sometime since I put fingers to keys and wrote on my "Queen of Hearts" blog. There is really not any good reason. Perhaps it is because lately I have felt "fixed". The 5th anniversary of my...
View ArticleFive Years Old
(Image from http://knol.google.com/k/atrial-septal-defect#) The string, the nylon thread that hold a small piece of my heart together is almost five years old. Anniversaries come and go in people's...
View ArticleSummer in the Gulf
The sun is rising over the desert sands and with it comes the dust and the mist. The air is thick and the humidity drips off the windows as if a spring rain has just washed through the area, only it...
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