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Scared Moderate Female: I Need a Good Electrician…

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Sunday, April 29, 2012. I Need a Good Electrician…. Penny the Therapy Pony. She is therapy for me, and I want a therapy pony of my own! Okay, so the title is a bit misleading. What I really need, I suppose, is a good shrink. I need assistance in getting my brain re-wired to a more positive place. I forced my carcass to move around, eventually repeated my pain medication (about 5 hours from the previous dose), dug up some plants, cut some roses as a surprise to cheer my friend up, and off I went! The only...

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Scared Moderate Female: February 2012

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Monday, February 27, 2012. Day Six: Twentynine Palms “Day Off”. Photo: Arm patch right off of an Air Force general and a Coin of Excellence from a Marine Corps major. My treasures. Thus far my sore throat hasn’t progressed very much. Jeremy spent time on base—specifically the semi-isolated, self-contained Ft. Nelson—before he was deployed to Iraq. The first stop, at Twentynine Palms Junior High, was a group of students who were exploring the military as a career. The kids ranged from eager participan...

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Scared Moderate Female: March 2012

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Monday, March 5, 2012. A Worthy Hero (Who No Doubt Doesn't Think of Himself that Way). Photo of Wesley Barrientos in Bakersfield, California. Photo by me, digital manipulation by Katie Hannan. Until I met Wes. Wes is a year younger than my daughter but an old, wise soul. I don’t know the kind of person he was before he lost both legs to an IED in Iraq in December 2007—his third tour of duty in that God-forsaken place. I do know he is a man of action and a man who says “Why not? Wesley was wounded a total...

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Scared Moderate Female: Dirt Therapy

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012. One of my very happy yellow roses in bloom. Apple blossom complete with bee at work! There are two things I like best about doing yard work. The first has been the opportunity to learn how to take care of plants and trees—thanks YouTube! The third “something” is figuring out a way to give to people who need just a tiny bit of help to keep them going. I’m not talking about throwing money at people—I have none (and if I did, look at the second paragraph aga...I’m talking about d...

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Scared Moderate Female: Hiding the Aftermath of Loss...

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Tuesday, December 18, 2012. Hiding the Aftermath of Loss. Twenty-seven angels serve as a memorial to the children and adults who were gunned down at Sandy Hook School on December 14, 2012. I do some of my best thinking on my knees, in the backyard, with dirt in my hands. When I learned Osama bin Laden had been killed, I felt sad for a few minutes. Not because his life had been lost, but that there actually were people who loved him, children who knew him as their father. I felt the same way when ...Sure,...

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Scared Moderate Female: May 2012

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012. One of my very happy yellow roses in bloom. Apple blossom complete with bee at work! There are two things I like best about doing yard work. The first has been the opportunity to learn how to take care of plants and trees—thanks YouTube! The third “something” is figuring out a way to give to people who need just a tiny bit of help to keep them going. I’m not talking about throwing money at people—I have none (and if I did, look at the second paragraph aga...I’m talking about d...

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Scared Moderate Female: Can this week be over... please?

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Saturday, September 15, 2012. Can this week be over. please? This week is one I want to purge out of my mind and pretend it never happened (except for what happened to me on Tuesday between 1 and 3 pm, because it’s going to be helpful). My very dear stepdad drove me to my appointment in Daly City, a 2-½ hour drive. He got me there early, which is always good. Usually. Not that day. 8221; and then within seconds (so it seemed) I was awake and being asked to scoot of the table and onto a gurney. This proce...

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Scared Moderate Female: April 2011

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Friday, April 15, 2011. A Cautionary "Old Age" Tale, and Some Advice for New Nurses. I’ve had a bit of a rough day today with pain and all… my back aches, my left hip. Hurts I’m getting my neurotomies on Tuesday so the end, for awhile at least, is on the horizon. I need to earn a little more money to see an ortho doc about my hip. I have three projects in various stages of readiness; two have tight deadlines that I won't meet if I can't sit at my desk. Again, something Rose as charge should have done.

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Scared Moderate Female: Be a Christmas Angel to a Homeless Companion Animal

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Thursday, December 20, 2012. Be a Christmas Angel to a Homeless Companion Animal. My Cammi cat, December 20, 2012. We are four days from our fifth anniversary together! This is my Cammi cat, a photo fresh from the camera. She wasn’t in the mood for flash photography. I have never regretted listening to that voice, nor have I regretted taking on what was then a sixth cat. We bonded immediately, and she quickly fit into my cat family, even winning over Ryan, who was five months older than she. Consider tre...