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Unscripted Daily Marathons
Changing Life With a Fresh Start Three months after my boyfriend, Jay, passed away, I was living life from my bed. I would leave my room for three things: peppermint green tea, cheese doodles, and Ben and Jerry's. Daily marathons of Real Housewives would keep me numb. There were days I would roll out of bed, onto the floor, and pull on my own hair just to stand up.
By Karen Lichtman5 years ago in Longevity
Let it Fester
I fully admit that my insides chose a bad time to rebel (again). Doctors are overworked if not by the coronavirus, by the world slowly trying to turn on its axis again and start moving at a normal pace. Being chronically ill I tend to put off little pains until something tells me it's serious.
By Karalynn Rowley5 years ago in Longevity
Dancing with Covid-19
March 9, 2021 (this morning) CRYING IN MY CAR I sat in my car and silently cried tears of happiness. I just received my first vaccination for Covid-19 and feel like huge weights have dropped from my shoulders. Also, I think I feel a deep (and it is hoped, an abiding) sense of gratitude for this shot! I had Covid-19 in January. A retroactive realization of perhaps just how close to death I had come. There's nothing special about my experience other than it is my experience. But my story isn't especially tragic.
By Shawn Ingram5 years ago in Longevity
Birthmarks, Who Knew?
When I was born, I had a large brown spot on the back of my right leg. It started in my upper inner thigh and went all the way down to my calf. We’re talking huge. The entire width and length of my hamstrings. Who would have known that it wasn’t cancer? It wasn’t raised, light brown, not dark but also as parents, don’t take chances. So my parents brought me in before I was 3 months old and they took a skin sample. I was left with a small scar in the shape of a bowtie and upon reading the results, nope it’s just a birthmark. “It just makes him special.” They said. “But the world will only know I’m special if I’m wearing shorts!”
By John David Nelson5 years ago in Longevity
Dear Future Me,
5MAR2021; 0005, FRI Well, I'm just chillaxin on the couch jamming out to a Noname playlist on the first Friday of this year's Women's History Month, and it occurred to me that I've never written a letter to my future self specifically. In the interest of full disclosure, I likely would've never embarked on this particular time capsule had it not been for the phenomenal e-newsletter The Morning Brew and one of their verticals, Sidekick (formerly known as The Essentials).
By Nefarious Darrius5 years ago in Longevity
How to Find Things to Look Forward to While Socially Isolated
As we enter the third year of isolation, I finally took some action. Actually, it’s the first year for us, but you know what I mean. I know that, depending on where you are in the world, the schedule may be different for you. This has affected many of you much longer than us. But the problems and principles are the same.
By Darryl Brooks5 years ago in Longevity
Filled With Forget
My Author is forgetful. I don't mean forgetting where they put their keys, or a relatives birthday. I mean who they are, and what they've done from hour to hour, or sometimes less than that. I have large gaps in my own memory as a result; blocks of days where I don't know if my Author is alive or well. I've become used to being the nondescript, little black book, milling about with musty hats and bent umbrellas in a lost and found box, waiting to be claimed for the umpteenth time.
By Chris Green5 years ago in Longevity
The Swine Flu Cruise & the Catalina Golf Buggy Mixer!
A year into this current pandemic (Feb 2021) I'd actually worked through another less deadly one back in 2009/10 on the Star. Handover had been completed and I was about to start my first cruise as acting senior videograper on a 7 day Mexico cruise roundtrip from LA, having spent 3 months bringing up the numbers on the same run on the Sapphire I was fairly confident that if I'd did everything the same this first cruise on the Star we'd hit our video target and I'd make a good first impression.
By Neil Gregory5 years ago in Longevity
