Did you know that getting diagnosed with cancer is a full-time job? I had just assumed it would consume me emotionally, but really it hasn’t at all. It’s just consumed my calendar. Here’s an accounting of the first month’s worth of appointments.
Us vs. Them
I am completely embarrassed and humiliated to admit that the previously shared mouse story has become a full-blown Situation. Embarrassed because it’s easy to assume the presence of mice is…
Patience
I absolutely love this time of year. I love the sense of a new beginning, even a calendar-driven one. I love how the current starkness and coldness of nature provides…
Treading water
The results are in, and the Modern Love Machine didn’t just tear an ACL. He tore the ACL and both meniscuses (meniscii?) in his right knee, which means four weeks…
Two steps forward … or not at all
As a sportswriter, I often had to write about athletes getting injured and their recoveries. Injuries to the legs, knees, ankles and feet usually were the worst, because of their…
Experiencing India
MG note: I have much to say about my trip to India, and I’m doing it with one extremely long post today and two more (shorter) posts in the near…
Booted
I’ve mentioned this before, but perhaps the biggest adjustment in switching from a nights-and-weekends work schedule to a Monday-thru-Friday, 9-to-5 schedule has been learning how to properly pace myself. Now…
Waiting
Everything in my life has felt off-kilter since a bit before Thanksgiving, so while everyone was spreading tidings of thankfulness and joy I really wasn’t feeling it. I did have…
A literal literary finish line
I was just revisiting my Life List, and I realize that I’ve checked off quite a few items on it this year. Part of that was to be expected. I…
Getting the Boulder Rolling Again
The Modern Love Machine warned me after I wrapped up triathlon training two months ago not to rest too long on my laurels. ‘You don’t want to have to start…
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