Exhausting Vigilance

EXHAUSTING VIGILANCE A Story About Dealing with Health Anxiety   My pulse is about 73. Temperature is 97.6. I wonder if I am hyperventilating.  The doctor still hasn’t called with my blood test results. What if something is abnormal? I am only 31 and am not ready to die. God, what if its cancer? Or…

Freaked About a Strange Dream

Last night I had a dream that has me kind of freaked out. I will explain it and you can let me know what you think…   I was in a hospital. I wanted to go home, but the nurse said that I couldn’t because my heart was still at 120. We were waiting for…

Being a Stay at Home Parent – Shameful?

Here is the link where this was published online at The Journal Times website: http://www.journaltimes.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=5350   When I decided that I wanted to be a stay at home parent, I thought I was making the best decision for our family, including myself.  I was proud and confident that it was the best choice.  We have had to…

Gilmore Dress Code – Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor - Racine Journal Times   To the Editor:   I feel that perhaps I am among the sparse few who support the new dress code for Gilmore Middle School. In fact, I wouldn’t mind it being Unified-wide.  I personally think it is a really good idea. When I drive past schools…

Nine Lives (2005) – A Review

Searching the aisles of Blockbuster this morning I was craving a movie that would be one worthy of a rare partial afternoon of freedom.  I came across a cover that wasn’t necessarily appealing, but I was drawn to it anyway. As I picked it up and read the long list of impressive cast on the…