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Live like you mean it

The wind slaps wickedly at my face, laughing as it sends whisps of hair every which way, assuring me I have no control. Defiantly, I insist I will prevail. I hold myself steady against it to snap a photo of a seagull soaring over a roiling ocean just in front of the dark storm cloud sheading its water burden on...

Transitions

My feet struck the pavement with conviction, moving me both up and down the hills of my neighborhood with a pace just slightly below what I would consider standard. The new surgical incisions on my abdomen were well healed but still young enough to register small objections; my relentless nature put a silence to their complaints. This was not optional...

Mother's Day

Small whisps of golden blond hair quietly escaped confinement, and edged down to rest against her cheek, peeking as she bent in great concentration over the task at hand. Brown and clear fragrance bottles, scattered over the hard, gray granite countertop, were interspersed with delicate dried chrysanthemum and jasmine, rose blossoms and forget me nots. Our great 6 burner gas...

True Confessions/Obsessions

The clang of the metal door reverberates for just a moment, as I make my way out the back after a day at the office seeing patients. There is rarely a dull moment in our office, which I still proclaim is one of the few sacred places in my life. As a “sole practitioner” aka “dinosaur”, I am one of...