Casa Vaeda
Loosely translated, it means house of eternal knowledge.
Five Years Later
Five years ago this Tuesday (9/12/12) I had surgery to repair a thoracic aortic aneurysm. My journey is well documented here. As I reflect back on that time, it was a much more stressful period in my life. I was a manager of somewhere around 18 employees in a busy clinic working for a horrible…
Grandma
If my grandmother had not died in 1999, she would be 95 tomorrow. My grandmother was a pretty amazing woman. I always knew she was bright; she was an excellent seamstress and a talented cook. She usually beat me at Scrabble. She never seemed to be at a loss for words or thought. It wasn’t…
Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son
Seeing a Woman: A conversation between a father and son.
Where the heck did Chatty Kathy come from? (part one)
This is both a simple and difficult question to answer. It is pretty well accepted that a part of who we are and how we see the world comes from our childhood environment. I am cautious with this though. It can sound a lot like blaming others rather than just looking at history as a…
Learning to say Yes or why saying No doesn’t work
While I am still working to listen for my hunger cues, eat when I am hungry and stop when I am comfortably full (old habits are proving hard to break), I am also allowing myself to let go of dieting. This is proving to be difficult, mainly because of Chatty Kathy and the unhelpful messages…
What a difference a year makes: Today
(Warning: this blog may be too “out there” for some – just my musings) One year ago today, I was finishing up in surgery. It feels as though it was yesterday (without the pain). I still remember so much so clearly. I am so grateful that the doctors found (by accident) the aneurysm and that…
What a difference a year makes: From silly knock knock jokes to…
…complex thoughts. My grandson is visiting, with my daughter of course. A year ago on this day, I posted thoughts about my surgery and my grandson. I reveled in plans for the Christmas we would share and used that as a motivation to get the repair and move on with my life. Christmas went well and…
What a difference a year makes: Worry? Me?
So a year ago I had a list of worries related to my surgery. I was worried about money, leave, and all sorts of other things. They all proved to be much less important than I thought they would be. And in the end, I have actually learned to worry less about all sorts of…
Where have you been and why does your blog look different?
The short answer is…busy. The longer answer is that I have been spending time renewing my relationship with my boyfriend. I have also been recovering from some awful cough that kept me out of work for a week, out of the gym for two weeks, and off most cardio for three weeks. In addition, I injured…
The EnLightened Journey 