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!
A married couple who brings dogs to visit us in the nursing home remember me from a couple of weeks ago before I went into the hospital for 3 days. The wife knew I was a diabetic but that I love chocolate so she’s been carrying around a […]
Sipping a cup of tea with Miss Milly when the wind chill Plummets
It isn’t what you give me or where we live It’s the way you listen, understand and encourage me
Here is some interesting trivia: There are over 7 billion people on the planet. Of the 10 to 20 million people in the world thought to have HTLV-1, this means between 100,000 and 800,000 people who are affected by this will go on to develop HAM/TSP (Tropical Spastic […]
When I was four my mother sent me to the store a block away from our home in a cul de sac. She had told me never to cross the street if I saw any cars. A half hour passed by, my mother worried. Mom drove up the […]