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It was a toss-up this week with the prompts at Mama Kat’s Writers’ Workshop. I could depress y`all with things that have scared me recently (sadly, my fears are ones that Stephen King just couldn’t...
View ArticleWHY Do You Wear the Bra You Wear?
This is me. No bra. OK, I put on band-aids because the tank is white and the first pic looked a bit. . . tacky. I’m holding underwire bras I spent a small fortune on over the years because I thought I...
View ArticleAging Gracefully
This is what I envision when I think about growing old gracefully. The picture above is from an article on Yoganonymous about how yoga can help lessen depression and anxiety in seniors. This woman...
View ArticleHigh Protein Tuna Salad
What’s the hardest thing after having gastric sleeve surgery? Getting enough protein. Yep, it’s not a problem keeping portion size small – that’s a mistake I’ve only made on rare occasions. Full + one...
View ArticleLose the Weight, Keep the Hair
Getting enough protein is a daily battle for anyone who has had a gastric sleeve or any other bariatric surgery. It can also be hard for pregnant women, nursing mothers, or anyone who’s lactose...
View ArticleBabies and Books and Boots – Oh My!
— 1 — My name is Angie and I’m a book addict. I once gave up fiction for Lent. It got ugly quickly. Since I haven’t had the money to buy books in a while I don’t actually need a rolling library...
View ArticleHow Do You Define Yourself? (Final)
OK, here’s where the rubber meets the road. You’ve got my background and why I feel a need to define myself, and you’ve got all the circumstances I don’t want to define me. But lately God has been...
View ArticleStaying Cool
I know there are places more uncomfortable than the Ohio Valley in the summertime, but most of them are tourist destinations in the spring and fall and everyone goes somewhere else for August. The...
View Article2017 Resolutions and Prayers
2016 wasn’t a great year for me. There were some fantastic moments (like finding out I was going to be a grandmother!) but there were a lot more days full of frustration, anger, pain, and depression....
View Article72 Hours of Fear, then RELIEF!
I started bleeding on the way home from John’s jazz band concert Saturday afternoon. It worried me, since I hadn’t had a period in years and my labs had been in the post-menopausal range for two...
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