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Category Archives: Heart
Another look: It’s OK to Need Help
This post was originally written in March 2011. At the time I was going through a rather rough bout of depression, was struggling to get a handle on things, and ultimately made the decision to seek help. Given that May … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Heart, Lessons Learned, Life, Medications, Mental Health
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Mountains and Mole Hills
It’s day 27 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. 5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. Make a list of the 5 most difficult parts of your health focus. Make another … Continue reading
A Recipe for a Mascot
It’s day 24 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Health Mascot. The challenge for today was to come up with a mascot for ourselves, our medical issues, our health focus, whatever. And provide a visual if … Continue reading
Madlib gibberish
Post for day 21 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Health Madlib Poem. OK, the gibberish below is just that. Pure, unedited, computer generated gibberish. I followed the instructions of the prompt, went to the … Continue reading
Good things come from bad situations
Today is day 17 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Learned the hard way. I spent a bit of time looking through the archives in search of a bit of inspiration to help with responding … Continue reading
Take this Pin and Blog it
Today is day 16 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and the prompt is: Pinboard. So, today’s challenge was to create a create a pinboard on pinterest and pin three things related to our health focus, and then share … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health Activist Writers Month Challenge, Heart, Photos
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A Theme Song
Today is day 11 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and today’s prompt is: Theme Song. The prompt for today asked us to imagine that our health focus or blog was getting its own theme song. We were asked … Continue reading
Dear Mike
Today is day 10 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and today’s prompt is: Dear 16-year-old-me. Today’s challenge was to write a letter to ourselves at age 16. As I sat pondering how to respond to the prompt, I … Continue reading
Keep Calm
Today is day 9 of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge and today’s prompt is: Keep Calm and Carry On. Today’s challenge was to create our own version of the popular Keep Calm and Carry On posters focused on the … Continue reading
Health Haiku
This is day six of the Health Activist Writers Month Challenge and Today’s Prompt is: Health haiku. Today’s challenge is to write a haiku poem about health focus. Given that I have two main health issues, I’ve chosen to write … Continue reading
Posted in Diabetes, Health, Health Activist Writers Month Challenge, Heart
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My Diabetic Heart 