It's been awhile since I have written. Clearly. Between med changes and life changes it always seems impossible to keep steady footing. What gets left in the dust? The creative stuff. My writing, my art, my music. Even my journaling slowed way down and that is unheard of. I enjoy writing because for the most …
Journals and diaries have been my sacred land since I was a child. Well, since around 8 or 9 years old. Even at such a young age I think part of me understood that without proper documentation of each day's happenings I wasn't sure I would know what was real and what wasn't. Maybe I …
The leaves are starting to change colors. The ones the forest describes as the go-getters. The leaves who decide they are done with summer and wish to end their existence on a path or sidewalk somewhere. The cool breeze in the mornings is a surprise that I never asked for. It would be considered a …
I get the feeling people think they can tell how I feel, what I think or who I am based on how I look or what I say to them. Maybe it's my paranoia. It most likely is. The paranoia created from some past humans in my life who told me how I feel, what …
I have been very fortunate to have some sort of health insurance most of my adult life. I have also been very unfortunate that for most of my life my health insurance has been through Kaiser. I have met great doctors and nurses who work for Kaiser so I do know they exist. I have …
Well, well, well.. if it isn't the blog post we've been hesitating to write. Why? No reason. Just haven't felt like participating in anything that involves expressing our inner lives I guess. We started this blog many many years ago, however, with school and work and life we have not kept up. I (Jackie) is …
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