My physical wounds have healed faster than emotional wounds. There’s a real fear that time will pass, I’ll ‘look better’, and people will forget that
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Surviving to Eke out Gratitude
Monday was one of the hardest days I’ve had in a while. It started off with nightmares that stayed with me for much of the
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Three Birds
Fifteen days total but halfway through I began to lose myself to the constant and extreme pain. My medication cocktail sometimes caused me to see
I got the apartment and move in Saturday! I already have the keys and lease.I’m excited and a bit nervous, mostly excited. I have to
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Enduring the Days
The last few days have been torture. I hurt from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. The amputation site is
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The Brave Face
I’m not brave. I’m not. I’m not rolling with the punches, I’m just getting punched. As I said, I’ve walked through the fire and I’m
I see “the surgeon” tomorrow, the one who amputated my toes. I wonder what kind of person it takes to look at a foot rotted
I did not expect this painting to ever be chosen, to be taken home. I couldn’t believe when I got the email telling me of
A person can’t live in this world and be innocent. It took me a long time to understand what innocence means. The day it was
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The Invisible Life
Masked, vulnerability, strength, endurance, determination, ambiguity, helpless, small, insignificant, rock hard, aggressive, assertive, grief, please see me, invisible, property, youth, old soul, wise soul, lava