Living Real

If there is any one thing I get to be a part of that I would cry about not being able to continue, it would be the trips to the parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee with our students to serve homeless people grilled burgers & hot dogs.  Each time we go, we see people we’ve [...]

If there is any one thing I get to be a part of that I would cry about not being able to continue, it would be the trips to the parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee with our students to serve homeless people grilled burgers & hot dogs.  Each time we go, we see people we’ve [...]

Tuesday I asked the creative people I know what they thought might happen when the surgical pin in my toe was removed.  I suggested that my toe might come off or that the pin might not come out. Others shared these thoughts: Your toe stretches and is longer than the rest. (My friend Dianne.) All [...]

Okay, my friends, I need some assistance.  Tomorrow is a big day for me.  It is The Pin Comes Out Day And so, I’m asking you to share with me all the wonderful things that MIGHT happen when they pull that thing out of my toe. I’m thinking it’s going to hurt. But…. What if [...]

Once I got home from having surgery on my toes and had enough wakefulness to sit in the recliner in the living room rather than recline in the bed, I faced a troubling issue. I needed to get up to visit the ladies room (which is it’s own different issue). When I sat forward to [...]

Somehow I managed the feat of never having an injury that required the use of crutches over the span of my 49 years. Was I just that careful? Possibly. There was that time when I had a four-wheeler wreck that I probably should have had some, but I was skipping school at the time and [...]

I’m learning that how you feel about how you look gets pretty much thrown out the window when you’re wearing a cast. Oh, I know, there are those who would accessorize it and make it so adorable. What I’m talking about is how you feel while wearing it. Imagine, my haute couture of this past [...]

When one has the toes and joints of one’s foot surgically repaired, one must go for several weeks without putting weight on said foot.  That means using assistive devices, such as crutches, in order to walk and move around. They’re not complicated to use, but what one does normally without much thought now requires consideration [...]

Perhaps you’ve noticed I’ve been absent. Perhaps not. Call it writers block. Call it lazy. Call it whatever you wish, but I just haven’t been able to write over the past several weeks. Watch out world, that’s about to change. On May 24th, I had surgery on my right foot. I will share some stories [...]

Today, God had me out of my comfort zone. Seriously so. Not only did he have me at a yard-sale type event, where my OCD really flares up, He had me out in the heat & humidity. To top that, He had me talking to people. I usually talk to people from the safety of [...]

Anne Jackson, a young woman I’ve mentioned many times before left for the little country of Moldova to learn more about the current situation of sex-trafficking. That’s right, I said “current”. As in, it happens every day, even in 2010. Anne shared a ton of her thoughts — including dealing with her own issues of [...]

Easter. I can remember what Easter meant as a child. A new dress, purse and shoes. Often a hat. Definitely a basket filled with goodies, wrapped up in cellophane tied with a pretty bow. And the pictures. Can’t forget the pictures. Had to capture the moment of the Easter finery. And usually the house. And [...]