Deserving
The last few days have been tough. Mom fell on Sunday morning and call for me for an hour before I heard her (it was early morning and I was…
Tara Choate Random Notes about Hospice
1. Morphine is not living up to the hype. As a “Generation X”er, I am sure that most of my colleagues remember sitting in health class and being told terrible…
Healthy Steps – Week 48
This week I weighed in at my normal at work meeting. It is so wonderful to type the word “normal” and to really feel like something close to that is…
Healthy Steps – Weeks 46 & 47
So, in all this drama, what am I doing about my goal of taking healthy steps. Well, actually, I’d like to report some progress. It’s all non-scale victories. I’m back…
Where’s a saber tooth tiger when you need one?
Today it has become clear to me that humans were not meant to live a long time. We were meant to be killed and eaten in our prime by a…
The ‘Ove’ Glove Meltdown
Right now, if you take any 15 minute segment of my time at home, there is at least one instance of me trying desperately to remember, within about 6 feet,…
My way
When I was a “rebellious” teen, it used to absolutely infuriate me that whenever I would leave the house, my dad would tell me to put on my coat. It…
Peggy Judy Workshop
Prologue The last few days I’ve been thinking about angels. Not really the ones with wings, but the people who call, write, move things, take care, find resources, respect wishes,…
Timeline
November 4, 2018 My mom, Maggie, came up to visit me. She arrived and went out to lunch, did a little shopping, and then went out to dinner. We watched…