Afraid of the Night

May 28, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Ever been afraid to go to sleep? Perhaps its nightmares that would keep you up? Something like Freddie Cruger haunting you? Perhaps you hear the song – 1,2 Freddies coming for you. 3,4 Better lock your door, 5,6 grab a crucifix, 7,8 stay up late. 9,10 Never sleep again. Honestly as a teen the Nightmare […]

Tetris

May 22, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Greetings old friend. I have a number of friends that I don’t talk to regularly. Sometimes weeks, months even a year can pass in between chats. Still when we do reconnect it is like time stood still and we pick up where we left off. We recognize that life gets busy and crazy and sometimes […]

Grumpy Cat Says – No.

April 24, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Day 24 Health Activist Writers Month Challenge Today I was supposed to create a Pinterest board and share it for wordless Wednesday. Instead I drew a picture. I drew the picture because I am still unclear about all the laws pertaining to using other people’s photos without permission. I don’t happen to know Tardar Sauce’s […]

Burnout

April 22, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

Day 20 Health Activist Writers Month Challenge > Write about burnout. What does it feel like? What are your burnout triggers? What gets you OUT of the pit of despair when nothing is going your way? So this is what I sometimes feel about diabetes. Thank you Kerri for sharing this – I totally stole […]

Friggen Poetry

April 18, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

Day 13 Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Todays Challenge: Write a health acrostic for your condition, hashtag or username. Oh good gracious. I thought last years Haiku challenge was difficult enough. This year it’s supposed to be an acrostic. Im no poet. I tried coming up with an acrostic for “diabetes”, “momof2t1s” or “#nobratime” (my favorite hashtag […]