Tag Archives: Personal
My Second Colonoscopy
Colonoscopies aren’t the sexiest subjects in the world. But with more young Kiwis getting bowel cancer and, indeed, the troubling rise in colon cancer world-wide, it really pays to get yourself screened.
Seven Years Ago Today, My Heart Became Flesh Again
After the earthquakes, I was pretty much always anxious, or depressed, or both. During these times, my heart felt like it became stone: uncaring, unfeeling, unable to connect to anyone else, including to myself. The Man I Loved moved away from Chicago before the quakes, but returned in 2012. After work, on this very day …
The B Word
There seems to be a love affair with the B word in New Zealand education: bullying. There’s no denying that bullying occurs. That would be like denying breathing keeps us alive. But the use of the word disturbs me in the fact that, from what I have encountered in my professional life, the B word …
7 Years After the 22 February 2011 Quake
Today is an anniversary date in my life that I could live without. Actually, it’s so bad that the other day Noel asked me, “Isn’t the anniversary of Grandpa’s passing about this time of year,” the day after that anniversary, and I felt guilty about forgetting that. (My Grandpa passed away on 19 February 2004.) …
6 Years After the 22 February 2011 Quake
I felt somewhat guilty that I seemingly pushed the sixth anniversary of the 22 February 2011 quake to the back of my mind. As I mentioned in my last post, I seem to be living day-to-day lately (being “present”), and this has caused problems like, well, everything seemingly sneaking up on me. I need to …
My Topsy-Turvy Week – Week of 13 February 2017
So, the week finishing today has thrown me a lot of different emotions. A diagnosis, a major fire, a victory, a good-bye, a frustrating day, and, finally, a “down” day.
