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Day 5 of Gratitude: Finding My Home

Day 5 of Gratitude: Finding My Home

My 2006 self would be shocked that I am happy to live not in Downtown Los Angeles, but in Los Angeles…period.

Actually, my 2014  Cali-self would find the idea of living outside of Orange County or San Diego preposterous. I’m serious. I came from a rural-ish Midwest background that was fraught with metropolitan-like violence all around. My nursing career mainly consisted of hight-octane-adrenaline…

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Day 4 of Gratitude: Remembering My Cellphone

Day 4 of Gratitude: Remembering My Cellphone

I’m rushing out the door and a sense of dread washes over me;

“I forgot my iPhone!”

I continue my fast-paced walk towards the elevator as I perform a blind hand-swipe in my purse. It’s a purse that looks like a purse from a guy’s point-of-view-not a black hole of “must-haves” disguised as a large bag with a handle. No. I was carrying an actual, reasonably sized purse. Meaning? Only my cellphone,…

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Day 3 of Gratitude: The Case for Pain

Day 3 of Gratitude: The Case for Pain

For the last two years I’ve been a constant pain-in-the-neck. Literally.

No, I’m not referring to how annoying I can be. Because I’m totally awesome and never annoying.

But instead, I am talking about my acute-take my breath away-debilitating-turned-chronic pain in my neck. Technically, it’s my neck, back, shoulders, head, arms, and even travels all the way down to my legs.

I’ll skip all the…

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