

The Purpose-Driven Death
The Toxic Spiral of Looking for Purpose in Suffering
Sep 27


Happy Tickaversary - Year 9: Lomtalanítás
I made a promise I intend to keep with every fiber of my being: if I got a second chance at all the things I loved and took for granted, I wouldn’t waste it this time on fear and self-doubt. I was gonna live.
Jul 2


Happy Tickaversary - Year 8: Moving
This Tickaversary post is purposely, joyously, and miraculously late. I had a feeling long ago that it might be, and I began so many...
May 1, 2024


Happy Tickaversary - Year 7: The Monastery of St. Borrelia and The Existential Crisis
Can I respect everything in its season – winter, exhaustion, rest, grief? Can I honor Sabbath, transition, liminal spaces, unknowing?
Apr 21, 2023




Antidepressants, Withdrawal, and Other Scary Stories
Tricks and Treats for Getting Off Antidepressants
(not-medical advice from not-a-doctor)
Oct 29, 2022


Happy Tickaversary - Year 6: Re-Mission
What remission from chronic Lyme is NOT is a sudden restoration to 100% health. A new life is here. And there’s no road map. Now what?
Apr 21, 2022


Happy Tickaversary - Year 5: The Weight and the Waste
I’m in a new territory – the “Remission Purgatory” as I call it. A space in between sick and healthy.
Apr 26, 2021


Archives: The First-and-a-Half Commandment
Hating yourself will literally destroy your brain and body with illness. Hating your self will destroy your view of God and love for others
Feb 13, 2021


When God Shows Up
If I want to heal, know God, and be restored sevenfold, what should I expect but a whirlwind? When God sends a plague, it sets people free.
Jan 7, 2021




Happy Tickaversary - Year 4
I can’t believe it’s “only” been 4 years since the “ Summer of the Ticks. ” It seems like a lifetime ago. In many ways it was – I am a...
Apr 24, 2020


Happy Tickaversary - Year 3
People think of recovery as tomorrow being better than yesterday, every day, every week, a little stronger. But Lyme-MSIDS recovery, like th
Apr 24, 2019


Happy Tickaversary! Year 2
Instead of lamenting the weekend I found the tick that changed it all, I will celebrate surviving thus far!
Apr 20, 2018


Job's Daughter - Part 2: Back to Job
There is a time to break down. There is a time to weep. There is a time to mourn. There is a time to be silent. Take it, and have peace.
Dec 18, 2017