Elizabeth Cullum
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Farming as Therapy
In March of 2019, disaster struck for my family. I was heading to work when I was struck by a pickup truck, caving in my door and tire so badly I needed cut out of my van. I was knocked unconscious and my van was sent across the three-lane road. The last thing I remembered was blinding headlights, but I was not aware that I had lost consciousness until I came to, covered in blood. My nose was smashed and laying on my right cheek, and I had a cut that went up the side of my nose to the corner of my left eye, across my left eyelid, and down the left side of my face. I struggled mentally, finding it difficult to think clearly, keep my emotions under control, remember simple things, or speak clearly. I developed a stutter as I began to lose my train of thought in the middle of speaking, going completely blank as I stared helplessly at the person I was speaking to. I couldn’t remember simple words, got stuck on a different word, or simply became unable to translate a word from thought to speech. I found myself physically disabled and completely dependent on my husband and our families. My legs would randomly quick working, so I had to use a wheelchair frequently until my back surgery took some of the pressure off of my nerves, but even then, I had a significant limp that made walking a constant, almost unbearable struggle. I had to undergo nose, back, and neck surgery. My fear of addiction made it difficult to stay on medications reliably.
By Elizabeth Cullum3 years ago in Motivation
Wild & Wonderful Firsts
West Virginia has a bad reputation, brought on by Hollywood and the media portraying it as backwoods and at times an uncivilized place. In reality, West Virginia is full of amazing things and rich history everywhere you go. There are urban and rural areas, universities, mountains, valleys, rivers, and so much more. Even more interesting, West Virginia has some wild “firsts” that occurred there, and you’d be surprised at some of them.
By Elizabeth Cullum3 years ago in Earth
Common Misconceptions of Ancient Egypt
People often love learning about the strange but beautiful culture that is ancient Egypt. The art, mythologies, and way of life for them were fascinating, and keep us intrigued from a young age. However, a lot of stories about ancient Egypt that we hear or even learn about in school are wrong, leaving us with some misconceptions about how the Egyptians of old lived -- and died.
By Elizabeth Cullum6 years ago in Futurism
Five of the Largest Recorded Solar Flares and the Havoc They Wreaked
According to NASA, a solar flare is a “sudden explosion of energy caused by a tangling, crossing, or reorganizing of magnetic field lines near sunspots.” Of course, sunspots are those dark spots on the surface of the sun. Throughout time, solar flares have occurred periodically and have caused problems for us, especially once we became more technologically evolved.
By Elizabeth Cullum6 years ago in Futurism
