This is a story about superheroes. Usually a superhero has some sort of back story: a regular, everyday person has a random encounter with something like radiation or electricity or a Space Age Polymer, and then, BAM! John becomes Super-Sonic-Plant Man or Brayden turns into Furry-Skeleton-Dog-Tail Boy! They have to then navigate life now that […]
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I am on my hands and knees in the middle of the yard, gathering weeds on an early May evening– not pulling them, like a normal person would, but actually gathering them. I am going to make a spring refresher tea. I normally hate work like this. This is the kind of work that I
Along my driveway is this huge walnut tree. I tried to use tools to estimate its age, but the range is too great to be accurate. Having said that, I am getting estimates that start at around 165 to over 200 years old! How many horses and carriages, tractors and cars has it greeted down
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Who Do You Want to Be? Core Values are your navigation tool to get you to where you want to be. Who do you want to be? Your Core Values are your foundational drivers that keep you on the right route to becoming who you are supposed to be, even when you feel like you
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As soon as I found out that I might have MS, I had so many uncertainties storming around in my head. Was I going to be in a wheelchair in a year? Would I go blind? What if I cannot use the bathroom without help? Was I going to struggle with debilitating fatigue, or even
About this series: I spent about a year wrapping my mind around a new diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. I have decided to basically cut and paste everything I wrote down while I was processing it all. Perhaps one other person who is going through uncertain waters will find comfort and peace through my sharing. This
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In my last post, I discussed how creating a set of Core Values for ourselves can help us make decisions that will help us live our lives to our fullest potential. Today I will share my process with you so you can see an example of how an average person might go about doing this.
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