Tag: March
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Ankle Recovery: Week One @Home
Well, it has been almost a week at home and there have definitely been some ups and downs. Thankfully, we are mostly on the ups side – literally and figuratively. I was not fully prepared for the amount of energy it takes to move around with one useless limb. Plus, all my mental energy seems…
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Surgery ✔️ – On to Recovery
Well, two weeks later, it’s done. I was gone from my room for over nine hours, and the docs said it took more than four hours to put my ankle back together through three insertion points. There was some talk of recreating ligaments and pulling of the skin, which explained the very uncomfortable pain I…
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It’s Happened!
Well, I did it! 🎉 Although I hadn’t expected this one to be my first book, I am not complaining. My dream of being a published author is now a reality, and it feels amazing! Even though I’m not particularly a perfectionist, I do have doubts about how it will be received, but I start…
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Synchronicity
Upon returning from Venice, we woke the next morning preparing for M to go to the UK for a week to see family and do some business activities. I was looking forward to a week of my own schedule, time, activities. We soon were signaled that things might not go quite as smoothly, when we…
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New Month, New Plans
Well, if you don’t follow me on social media, then you’ve missed the exciting news of me dislocating my ankle and breaking the leg bones surrounding the area. 🤪 It’s been 9 days now since it happened on a walk with the pups, who decided to take me with them on a scent-run. Only problem…
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Ode to the Misery of Allergies
Oh the sniffing, the sneezing!Thankfully, I’m not yet wheezing. It’s that time of yearwhen being outside causes fear. How long can I lastbefore the final pollen is cast? I try to stay upbeatnever wanting to admit defeat. But, alas, I cannot keep up the fightas my puffy eyes decrease my sight. I cannot pretend anymore…
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“Home”
Yesterday, I participated in an interview for someone doing research on the adoptee diaspora and was struck by a few thoughts stimulated by her questions. One of them is around my concept of ‘home’, which is a recurring question in my mind. Coincidentally, or not, I had just been talking to my brother for an…
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Returning to Normal-ish
I love to travel. It seems like an obvious thing to say as an expat, but there are expats who live abroad and see the world and there are expats who live abroad as they would in their home countries. I am of the former. Despite this love of travel, I detest the process of…
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My Adoption Journey – 6: The First Adoptive Family
I have just written my second attempt to request information from my first adoptive father. This time, I hand-wrote a letter to send in the regular post. I tried an email address that I found online since post is a bit delayed and sporadic these days; however, after no response and no idea if it…
