Since I wrote the middle-of-the-night-scare-your-family-and-friends blog titled I Wish, I have been thinking about it quite a bit. Somehow it was extremely freeing to write from the depths of my soul like that. I think to open up and let the hard stuff be seen was a big step for me. I typically hold it … Continue reading Faith vs. Surrender
Guest Blog: Hope is a Four-letter Word
As told by Bill Gunnin Hope is a four-letter word. Most people think of it as a positive word, a word that looks forward. For me, with my head injury, it is a word that makes me sick. A tormenting word, which never works out for me. Most of the time the feeling I have … Continue reading Guest Blog: Hope is a Four-letter Word
Enchanted Moment
It was an enchanted moment…a gift. And I nearly missed it. My brand-new husband peeked out of the curtains of our honeymoon suite. “Shell, get up and come look at this. It’s a gift!” I was snuggled deep into the covers. My eyes were shuttered closed and happy to be that way. After months of … Continue reading Enchanted Moment
The Brick Wall
This is another in a series of guest blogs from my husband about what it is like to live with a Traumatic Brain Injury. (TBI) I saw the sentence in bold written on a notepad. I asked him to tell me more about it and this is what he said to me. The Brick … Continue reading The Brick Wall
A Word About Vulnerability
A word about vulnerability. This word has been popping up in my comment threads recently as I have written about the hard place we are currently walking. (Thanks for the comments, btw. It is nice to know people are reading and my words are not floating into a black hole somewhere. 🙂 ) Because of … Continue reading A Word About Vulnerability
Guest Blog
Today I have an important guest blogger, my husband Bill. He has a story to tell that is important. In fact, it is one of the things that has been swept under the rug at our house for years, as we have been in survival mode. It is where so much of our lives together … Continue reading Guest Blog
The New Normal
“You will find a new normal.” I have heard the phrase many times, and in fact, I have said it to others in trying circumstances. The new normal seems like a goal, a hidden place where all things line up once again. However, what no one talks about is the strong longing for the old … Continue reading The New Normal
In the Dirt
When I was a little girl, my dad used to take me on walks in the woods. We would traipse around our property, sometimes not even on trails, just walking and seeing. It wasn’t far, but to my little legs it seemed like miles and miles. I learned a lot on these walks, not because … Continue reading In the Dirt
Explanation
I probably never should have pushed the publish button at 3:00 a.m. I do not usually share these kinds of deep places…until after the fact. My usual pattern is to pull away and sit in silence, waiting for the sun to come up and the lesson to make itself known. But this time, I know … Continue reading Explanation
I Wish
I wish I could tell you I am always strong, but that would be a lie. I wish I could say that I never have doubts, or tears, or fear, but that would be untrue. I wish I could say my heart is whole and healthy, but it’s not. It has been pummeled more … Continue reading I Wish
