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It's no secret that Dr. Zeus has a big heart and a lot of patience. It's one of the reasons I keep falling in love with him over and over. And what I love most is that he has a big heart even when it's inconvenient. I can't always say the same about myself... We... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, my aunt flew out to visit. While she was staying with my parents, various relatives stopped by to catch up, including my cousin and his sons. The boys are around ages 8 and 5. The older son, whom I'll call Leo, is attentive, polite, and good at wrangling his high-energy little... Continue Reading →
I was born and raised in Phoenix. My maternal grandparents moved to first planned community dedicated exclusively to retirees in 1955 with their youngest daughter, my mom, while their older children remained in college and residency back east. My paternal grandparents moved their family out in the 1960s, when my grandpa accepted a job at... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, we left our home for good. There was too much mold and remediation hadn't fixed it. Two years ago, my health became improving exponentially. Eight months ago, my health had improved so dramatically that I considered myself to be fully recovered. I've been cautioned to think instead in terms of "permanent remission". However,... Continue Reading →
When I was young, I hated when people told me, "When you meet the right person, you'll just know." I would scoff and retort about how unhelpful that advice was. Nowadays, I give the young people in my life the same advice! Oh how the tables have turned. As tacky and cliche as it sounds,... Continue Reading →
Something I've been musing on in equal parts amusement and perplexion is the pandemic. Specifically, how we're four years into the madness and I still haven't contracted the virus. At least, I've never developed symptoms, tested positive, nor shown antibodies in testing, despite living alongside confirmed positive individuals at least seven times. Do you remember... Continue Reading →
Over the last six months, we've been having an eBay "garage sale," offloading collectibles that had been stored in a moldy home and thus can't move forward in life with us. This includes really old video game consoles, video game promo items from when Dr. Zeus worked at FuncoLand/GameStop in the early 90s, subway-sized concert... Continue Reading →
You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days. Alain de Botton For about a year now, I've been caught in a strange purgatory. My health is improving exponentially and, in turn, so are my number of waking hours. I'm no longer... Continue Reading →
My post on The Heart of the Matter today is about flexibility, particularly about how too much flexibility can be harmful if it puts the integrity of our body or values at risk. There is an art to bending without breaking. I get the impression that here in the blogosphere, many of us are overly... Continue Reading →
My best friend just returned from a trip abroad to visit family. She and her husband are both immigrants, so they felt it would be nice to introduce their daughters to relatives in their respective home countries. I had to good fortune of spending an an entire day with she, her husband, and their now... Continue Reading →
The other day, I wrote about a young man's unrealistic expectations post-graduation. Well, that narrative took a unexpected turn, my friends! While folding laundry in the utility room, my in-laws walked by, talking in hushed voices with a tone of fury. Uh oh, did I forgot to wipe the water droplets off the stainless steel... Continue Reading →
As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe It's been my intention this year to lean in self-trust. To allow myself to fall and trust that a set of wings will emerge on my descent. Chronic illness is a forced exercise in letting go. I had to... Continue Reading →
This morning, I saw a news report of a young girl in the Phoenix area who escaped an attempted kidnapping while walking to school. Not only did she report it to police, but it was also caught on camera. The 11-year old's friends saw the incident and helped hide the would-be-victim while the perpetrator looked... Continue Reading →
My in-laws are in their early-80s, as are many of their close friends. In the two years, we're been staying in their home, we have heard numerous anecdotes about their friend "buying a one-way ticket to Oregon"," where that is a euphemism for assisted suicide a state where it's legal. Last night, over dinner, my... Continue Reading →
Sometimes things in life feel overly-complicated and at other times they fall effortlessly into place. One such example is in romantic relationships, which I discuss today on The Heart of the Matter in Leaning Into Alignment. Another example is in our careers. Personally, I graduated into a recession and struggled to find work. After three... Continue Reading →
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