Category Archives: #100blogposts

Fingers on Keys

Patti Digh told me if I didn’t know what to write, sit with my fingers on my keys. Something has usually come for me with that advice, so I need to get back to just that. It really is hard … Continue reading

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Dear People Who Care: Listen!

How many of my readers with chronic illness and/or disability who go to church have been told, “I’ll pray for your healing, honey”? After they say, “Bless your heart, darlin’, “do they ever offer everything they’ve been told about any … Continue reading

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Fuzzy and Warm Feelings

Sometimes when I don’t know what to write about, I look for an image that speaks to me for inspiration. Before I saw the questions below the image, the kittens gave me a warm fuzzy feeling that said, “Write about … Continue reading

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The Book That Changed My Life The Most

I never thought I could pick one of the books I’ve read over my lifetime that has changed my life. Some are like electricity when I read them; some just make me comforted. Some challenge me. It’s like picking one … Continue reading

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I Need My Creativity to Be Creative

It would be really easy to try to make money from what I write and create. Maybe one day I will, but if I do, I’ll remember not to place high expectations for something that’s not the creativity’s responsibility. I … Continue reading

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Nighttime Musings

I’ve been hit harder than i expected with fatigue when I take my pills. UGH. I am so tired I can’t even see straight. The pain isn’t as strong as I expected, but the pills I’m taking aren’t really taking … Continue reading

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This Too Will Pass

I live outside Asheville, North Carolina. We haven’t been getting good press in this neck of the woods lately, and it breaks my heart for people to think that all the people who live here are bigots and rednecks. I … Continue reading

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Bye Bye Teeth!

I’m putting off going to bed tonight, because tomorrow when I get up, I’m going to the dentist, get all my teeth pulled, and have dentures fitted. I’ve always had a phobia of anything dental, so this is making me … Continue reading

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The 70273 Project

  I’d like to tell you about my friend Jeanne Hewell-Chambers and what is going on in her world. http://thebarefootheart.com/introducing-the-70273-project/ I’ll let her tell her story on her blog, but I’m going to invite her to tell this group about … Continue reading

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Hold Fast to Dreams

I know some people with disabilities HATE the song “The Impossible Dream.”They hate it because they feel stereotyped and condescended to. It makes them think of Jerry’s Kids and Heidi or the book The Secret Garden. People with disabilities DON’T … Continue reading

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