She waited patiently after I went out, or when someone took the trash out, because she determined that someone would be coming back in. (She understood that I almost always forgot something — usually my keys or, in these days of COVID, my mask — which meant that I would be coming ...
Emma is also mischievous and not always kind though deep down she is a good person and has regret when she hurts someone’s feelings with her antics. In a good, coming of age way, she finally realizes that love for her and a proper match of her own has been there all along and star...
If you don’t think you’re going to like or connect with someone, think of how much their mom loved them when they were a baby, or when they went to their first day of kindergarten or when they broke their arm on a slide. Maybe think of the hope a mother and a father had for ...
I got the latest COVID booster and my first shingles shot (I didn’t know it was a two shot vaccine… Ugh). My shingles shot side is already so sore I can barely use my arm. The other side isn’t bad at all, I feel it, but it’s minor. ...
significant career pivot. It's been four months now and I'm still scared of finding work, angry at Epic, and angry at myself for having passion for an industry that treats its workers so callously. I'm luckier than most, but it still hurts, and I haven't really recovered from the ...
“cures,” and shame. Many people cannot imagine that some bodies hurt. All the time. No matter what you do. So they resort to blaming the person who hurts. It must be their fault. They must be lazy, stressed, overweight, have poor eating habits, lack exercise, or they should just ...
She is still here. Her lump is very large and she is very think but she is still my loving, beautiful little cat who loves nothing better than to snuggle in the crook of my arm when we’re in bed and stare at me with love. She smiles with her eyes at me all the time and ...
Another possible reason is that COVID causes an autoimmune-type condition where the immune system attacks the joints. Some people have developed inflammatory arthritis after a COVID infection. Can menopause cause aching joints? By some estimates, more than half of women have joint pain during menop...
The restart RCT has published a mid-termreport, per Data and Safety Management, in order to warrant continuation. Although the fatality rate of the HBOT group was one third that of the control arm, the trial was stopped at the request of the US FDA. Why? An adverse event occurred, requi...
vaccine. The vaccine didn’t turn me into a zombie, nor did I sprout the coveted forklift arms I often fantasize about, but it did make me super-tired for a whole day and my arm still hurts like someone punched me several times. When I told people at work that I got it, someone ...