Slaying (Inner) Dragons: Growing Up with Ulcerative Colitis

March 16, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

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I don’t talk about this very often. Mostly because it was so long ago that sometimes it feels like it happened to someone else.

I guess, in a way, it kind of did.

That’s what happens when a chronic disease sets up...

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Stepping back … Moving Forward

March 14, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

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It’s probably no coincidence that whenever I take one of those online quizzes that purports to answer the question – if you were a dog, what kind of dog would you be? – that I come up as German Shepherd.

High drive. Focused....

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Reason, Season or Lifetime

March 12, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

All things happen for a reason.

It’s a phrase bandied about frequently – often when something difficult has happened as a means to help one move through pain or discomfort to a place of reckoning, realization and (hopefully) learning and growth.

When I was 14 years old...

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The Garden (or Patience)

March 9, 2015 in It is what it is - opinion column | Comments (0)

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So strange.

To have something so young so nascent so barely rising from the earth that nonetheless expands to fill a space.

Fresh leaves, young shoots rising and reaching towards the warmth of sun. Encouraged by coaxing, water and attention.

So young, so new and...

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