Week 41. That’s where I am with my Friday writers’ group. Today, we’re supposed to craft an essay around our favorite childhood memories. I have, instead, opted to actually post in this blog — something I haven’t felt called to do in quite some time. My inner child was all about some good stories, so […]
I’m writing this from my bed. It’s been a long time since I brought my computer to my bed, but here we are. Am I hiding from my husband and my son? Nah. They’re playing Minecraft downstairs. But the truth is: I’m up here, listening to Kelly Buchanan on Spotify, and recognizing that there are […]
The other day, I made a comparison chart for 7 diets that I had considered trying or had actually tried in an effort to improve my MS. It ended up getting featured on Modern Day MS, which is pretty cool. . I am almost certain that the diet that I need to be on is […]
Earlier this week, a new friend challenged me, since I hadn’t yet really gotten into the Wahls Protocol, to go ahead and try AIP first for 90 days. I said that I could do anything for 90 days in the interest of not having seizures… but to be honest, I’m not sure that I can. […]
Well, the last few weeks have been… interesting. My mom came in town last Wednesday (2/1) and stayed with us all the way until yesterday. We were together for an entire week and a half…and it took over a week before I completely lost my shit on her. On the one hand, I see that […]
I am ready for my self-driving car now. You can deliver it anytime you’d like to, Google or Tesla. I’m ready to be an early adopter. Well, that’s shitty. Last week, I had an endoscopy and colonoscopy on Thursday. Adam had to take off from work Wednesday and Thursday to help me. Turns out I have […]
In the wake of Robin Williams’ death, I’ve been talking with a lot of my friends about the topic of suicide. Suicidal Thinking: I know a little about it… The first time I tried to kill myself, I was very young. I want to say I was 8. I might have been 9. I was […]
Can you feel me? This has been one heck of a week. It started on Monday morning when I woke up with absolutely *no* feeling in my hands. That was scary as hell. I could still move them… I just couldn’t feel them. Surprisingly, I could mostly type. Maybe it’s because I have it so […]
I can’t believe it’s already Friday of MS Awareness Week (though the whole month is MS Awareness Month), and I haven’t done a blog post. That seems kinda wrong. To be fair, however, life has been challenging this week — lots of seizures. It was like I was back in Glendale when I was first […]
There are times when I reminisce about my life and feel like it barely belongs to me. Like “Past Rachael” and “Present Rachael” come from 2 completely different places, are 2 completely different people, and the resemblance to one another is so faint that people wouldn’t even realize we were related to one another, let alone […]
In It For The Parking 