Journal of One Day: Safer at Home
I think I like to remain in my head because forecasting the future can feel frightening. There is...
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Category: Health
My Town: Louisville, Colorado During Lockdown
I’m proud of my town, Louisville, Colorado, and fiercely protective. The time was 3:30 in...
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Trying to Be Brave: My Coronavirus Journal
I’m trying to be brave. I haven’t put on make-up in days and have taken to washing my hair...
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Letter From Renée: 94 and Locked Down
And finally of course the huge anxiety: will I die from this? My will is not finished. I want to...
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Shades of White: The Influence of Our Environment
There was an internal pull; tell me more, don’t tell me anything. Let me settle. This essay is a...
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Menopause and Sleep
Sleep is critical; we need the right amount so we can make good decisions, react quickly and to...
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Menopause Is Not Just A Hot Flash
Women have been conditioned to believe that menopause is something to be changed, something to...
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Heaven Is Sleeping on a King Size Bed
I’ve been focused on making sure I get a good night’s shut eye since my doctor read me...
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Rationalizing a Potential Medical Emergency
I was lying down, sound asleep, when I was tugged to wakefulness. The pain began in my upper left...
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Everyone Waits
Some of us wait for a bolt of creativity to compel us to paint or pound out words on the keyboard....
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Give Yourself Permission: Stay Open to Possibilities
“It’s amazing how easy things can be when we give ourselves permission to do them. My energy...
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A Life in the Balance: One Woman’s Struggle with Opiate Addiction
“And this is how I overdosed, on some poor-quality pill I found online with a...
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