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Sacred Selfishness: Where Have I Been?

Sacred Selfishness: Where Have I Been?

Art by Christian Schloe via Google Image

Some of you may wonder where I’ve been.

I haven’t written here (or anywhere else for that matter) since November of 2018.

I’ve been walking through the dark night of the soul. I’ve been tending to my mother after her diagnosis with Alzheimer’s. I’ve been saving my life. I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes in January.

For the past nine months, I’ve been…

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Hail This Blessed Body

Hail This Blessed Body

Via Saatchi Art

I am in a lighter splint now, so I can at least type one finger style! (Can’t type for long, but it’s something.) One thing, of many, that this experience [of breaking my wrist] has taught me is that I need to be kinder and more caring to my body.

Every day now that the cast is off, I have to massage my right arm and fingers for several minutes, three times a day to reduce the…

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