Author: Rae

Gabbi

Today we had to say a final goodbye to one of best friends ever – our constant companion who loved us no matter what through thick and thin, through lots of moves, traveling North...

Gabbi

Today we had to say a final goodbye to one of best friends ever – our constant companion who loved us no matter what through thick and thin, through lots of moves, traveling North...

The Grind of Healing

I need some sort of a mantra or perhaps a set of them.  Healing from a surgery is always difficult for me at this stage.  I’m past the initial couple of weeks, when to...

The Grind of Healing

I need some sort of a mantra or perhaps a set of them.  Healing from a surgery is always difficult for me at this stage.  I’m past the initial couple of weeks, when to...

Life after untethering – 6 days post op

Symptoms are changing around from day to day, which I expected but the surgical pain in still very much present.  I forget I can’t do simple things like pull up my underwear in the...

Life after untethering – 6 days post op

Symptoms are changing around from day to day, which I expected but the surgical pain in still very much present.  I forget I can’t do simple things like pull up my underwear in the...

Giving over, not giving up

I’ve come to a place of surrender.  I’ve always hated that religious term because it holds such difficult and negative connotations.  No one wants to “surrender”, wave the white flag, or not “get their...

Giving over, not giving up

I’ve come to a place of surrender.  I’ve always hated that religious term because it holds such difficult and negative connotations.  No one wants to “surrender”, wave the white flag, or not “get their...