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Two loads of laundry Finished rough draft of song #12 Mostly finished rough draft of song #13 Organized my music studio Picked the first bouquet of the year All in all: a good day, I’d say.

ER doc Surgeon Chiropractor Naturopath Surgeon-repeat visit Naturopath-repeat visit Nurse On Thursday, I am getting a colonoscopy and EGD.

The American Songwriter Contest judges must not have come to my entry of “Open Road” yet, because I sure haven’t gotten any phone calls or emails letting me know I’ve won.

Saturday night, my sister saw one of my many, many posts about all the agony I’ve been going through and shot me a text attaching a link to the song “The Blessing” by Elevation Worship. (She knows me so well. Music is my thing.) We texted back and forth for quite a while. I knew […]

The other night during another crisis, a friend reached out and offered to go to the store for me for a certain medication I needed. She asked, “Is Ken there with you? Are you okay?” What I meant to say was, “He is out in the hot tub so that he is close by, but doesn’t […]

My recent health issues are no secret. After yet another episode of pain Saturday evening, I got a text from a close friend saying, “I hope your night improves dramatically.” What my response was supposed to say: “Thanks. I’ve been leading up to it all day. I knew it was coming. I’m going to do […]

As most of you know, I am self-employed as a piano teacher and songwriter. Over the weekend, I went in to my boss’ office and asked for a two-week medical leave of absence starting today. She said it was okay.

Be prepared for an onslaught of posts. I’ve learned throughout the years that I tend to use writing as a tool to process trauma, endure medical hardships, reveal my comedic side , advertise my music, show my love for Jesus…oh, just all the things.

Usually these attacks hit me in the dead of night: 3:00 a.m. seems to be the average. Why then? Beats me. Just starting another one…been building up to it all day. I feel like throwing things. Instead, I’m going to do my best to listen to the demo recording I made the other night, hopefully […]

Yes, I am up at an ungodly hour again, but instead of moaning and groaning over a toilet in pain, I am in front of my digital piano playing around with the settings. I am having a hard time containing my exuberance. Then again, I could hoop and holler in joy and Ken wouldn’t even […]