Nancy
My Blog: A Potpourri of living life, paralyzed and confined to a bed, how I got this way, how I cope, and my perspectives. I am also a CSA, rape, and human trafficking survivor.
Some call me “Wildflower” because … I … survive … the sights that I see when I venture out, the joy of breathing fresh air, of reading and viewing for which I am grateful, yet I prefer my solace – Scorpio hidden in the universe amid twelve grandchildren and the story of humanity, self-deprecating and struggling with self-esteem and what people say; but there are always sea-foam green, teal, lavender, and yellow Brie, dark chocolate, cherries and the Mediterranean: people ask me for my recipes; I travel virtually and survive wildlife and crime to help fellow victims; I am the Witness, I am the Sentinel: welcome to my musings!
Thinking of my core family today. I am the eldest of four children turning sixty-five in October; living twenty-five years with a rare muscle debilitating virus and confined to bed. It feels weird being the only one alive. My younger brothers passed away in their forties (one from […]
As I lie here gazing through my window He paints the sky with splashes of crimson and gold; Each stroke of color sings out of His mercy comforting my weary soul. Yet as I see the sun slowly disappearing I remember another day has met its end. […]
Wishing you a happy weekend
PTSD steals the soul – depression haunts me nightly. Insomnia – even though I take a sleeping pill I don’t sleep. It’s been going on for weeks. No will to write; nothing to smile about. Why do I allow people to rule my emotions? I suffer from a disease […]
“Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.” — Khalil Gibran” “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this […]
“Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it… It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth.” — Virginia Woolf “I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow.” –Woodrow Wilson “The happiest people don’t necessarily […]
Never be discouraged regardless of your circumstances. You may be hidden from the world, but the world is not hidden from you. You are a light to whomever crosses your path. Our lives matter. We all have a purpose. And our strength comes from an outer source. Keep […]
I live vicariously as I travel via the net gobbling up anything to do with geography, world history, anthropology, and ethnicities. I find these subjects fascinating. And I absorb blog posts brimming with photos and wonderful stories about life in the outside world, a world I rarely see. Living life […]
“In the best of times, our days are numbered anyway. So it would be a crime against nature for any generation to take the world crisis so solemnly that it put off enjoying those things for which we were designed in the first place: the opportunity to do […]