Originally published on my Medium page. It is with a rhythm that I scribe, a cadence one better. With pauses and causes and intentions, I spill. I want to tell you how I feel before I tell you what it is I’m reacting to because that is how I make meaning from surroundings. I want […]
over the weekend, my father and i sat down for a heart to heart. not the kind of h2h you have when you are in trouble or when bad news is being shared. this was the heart to heart you have with a friend just simply, to share. my dad, or ‘faja’ as i like […]
i care about you. i know it is bold to say that and you might not even believe it… but i do. maybe we have never engaged before. okay: i’ve never met you. you’ve never met me. we have never laid eyes on one another. i don’t know where or how you live, or how […]
When Sara invited me to host this month I was overwhelmed with joy and felt a great sense of pride. Reading through the nominated posts was warming, entertaining, and just a bucket of fun. Making selections was very challenging because they were all SO SO SO good. Just after the Super Bowl blow out (go […]
from yesterday to today, i move from then to now, in an attempt to self actualize my wishes to feel more full. with humility and strength, i will begin to redefine my definitions of the actions which are a point of self-pride, self-fufilling prophecy, and me-ness. here i go, from here to there: introspection – […]
attending the medtronic diabetes advocates forum came with everything you would expect: great big hunks of information, meaningful connections, the forging of new friendships, open discussion, action plans, boats of laughter, and down-right exhaustion. coming home from the weekend, i said to my partner, jesse, “that was a lot of diabetes.” feeling slightly bent out […]
wordless wednesday Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment. T. S. Eliot
when i opened the email invitation to the medtronic diabetes advocates forum for 2014, i looked to mike lawson sitting next to me and said ‘did you get invited to this? maybe they meant to send it to you.’ within the diabetes space i have a lot to learn and a lot to say, but […]
did you imagine nsync right there? jumping about with their hands stretched out, their arms swinging from left to right hands clasping like a beak clamping and opening clamping and opening they are wearing expressions crafted by the feeling of being wronged. if that is what you got, that isn’t how i meant it, although […]
habits fade in and out, slowly. like riding your bike everyday, for example. everyday turns into every other day. every other day turns into every third day. every third day turns into once a week. then once a week fades into, ‘whoa, it’s been a while’. anyone else have a tendency to treat diabetes like […]
Unexpected Blues 