Doctors have poked, scoped, and tested me for years. Over and over again they’ve thrown their hands up and pronounced me healthy, leaving me a little disappointed that there’s no cure. But there’s a cure for that disappointment. View Post
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Forgive Me Cindy For I Have Sinned
“Forgive me Cindy for I have sinned,” I joked. “It’s been two and a half months since my last workout.” I fully expected her to sentence me to ten Hail Mary’s and one hundred push-ups. I got worse than that though: an hour of uncoordinated flailing, panting and muscle failure in… Read More
Stripping For Strangers And The Next Plague
First, depression. Then Becky gets what might be Lyme disease and turns out to (probably) be a staph infection – which she’s still healing from. Next, two nights ago I got the flu. Probably. Chills, fever, runny nose, dizzy, head ache, bone ache, teeth ache, muscle ache…you get the idea. Then it… Read More
Beggar’s Fortune (Part 2)
I felt it coming. I called my parents a few months ago and asked them to pray. My marriage was good, kids were healthy, work was steady, finances in surplus. But – and I know how this must sound – I felt like something was coming after us. “Or I’m… Read More
The Oxymoron That Was My Breakfast
“Look what I got?” Becky said, pulling a can of what looked like whipped cream from the fridge. Well, good mornin’ Team Building Exercise 99. But I was wrong. And it was wrong. Very very wrong. Organic pancake mix. In a can. That’s right, it’s Batter Blaster – “healthy” eatin’… Read More