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Post # 30 – Disability ~ Readjustments ~ Infinite Possibilities

By Nancy on March 2, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Originally posted on Nancy Jean Walker – Loving Life Fully :
For an instant after I wake up each morning, my bedridden condition reminds me of the horrors of my past, until someone opens my window blinds. The sun bursts into my room with no apologies. Each sunrise promises me…

Post #83 – Knock Down Obstacles in Pursuit of Your Goals

By Nancy on March 1, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

“Positive self-esteem means liking and respecting yourself enough so that you can focus on the needs of others, rather than on constantly seeking someone else’s approval and affirmation. Positive self-esteem contributes to satisfying social relationships which, in study after study, have been shown to be crucial components of […]

Post #82 – Chapter 25 – One Way Out – Excerpt from My Memoir

By Nancy on February 29, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

CAPTIVE IN THE MIRROR Courtesy of God’s Emerald Photos Before I boarded, I stopped in the ladies’ room. As I washed my hands, I glanced into a mirror. Another mirror that refused to lie. Puffy, blackened eyes, sunken cheeks, cigarette-stained teeth. The pathetic girl looking back […]

Post #81 – A Closed Fist Crushes Life – A Spiritual Poem

By Nancy on February 28, 2016 • ( 4 Comments )

We cannot lose what was never ours, no matter how much we want it. It was never meant to be. Accept this and peace will flow in our hearts. Our life is sweet savor when we sacrifice it. Hold our sister and brother’s hand. Guide another to the […]

Post #80 – Zeniths, Limbos, Utopias, and Crash Dives – Battling PTSD – Transparency

By Nancy on February 27, 2016 • ( 6 Comments )

It bewilders me how mirth and melancholia could dwell simultaneously, yet in me they ensue. I am outgoing, upbeat, and busy which makes my bedridden state tolerable. Yet, depression hovers over, underneath, and within me. I cannot shake it. I wish I knew how to thwart it. My […]

Post #79 – Delightfully Unfettered – A Poem

By Nancy on February 24, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

The confines of my paralyzed condition hinder not my senses or imagination Unfettered A chariot of feathery clouds escort me to ethereal wildflower fields Overflowing with dancers just like me running free Whilst on earth A leafy ballet romances my eyes as a balmy breeze caresses The graceful […]

Post # 78 – As Long As I Have Breath, I Will Advocate

By Nancy on February 23, 2016 • ( 3 Comments )

Abused people need to get beyond their guilt and shame so they can get healed and cleansed from all the filth that’s been heaped on them. I want to help victims come to grips with themselves—and climb out of the pit they were thrown into. So, I decided […]

Post #77 – An Effervescent Fountain, Blossoming Jewels, An Unparalleled Adventure – Humor & My Life

By Nancy on February 20, 2016 • ( 9 Comments )

I defied doctors’ orders, threw caution to the wind, the natural-born rebel that I am. Not! I had always strived to be the obedient child but Thursday after an early morning medical appointment, instead of going home and back into bed as told, I wandered into a Michael’s Crafts […]

Post #76 – An Orphan, a Fire, a World-Renowned Singer, a Mobster, and Crushed Dreams

By Nancy on February 17, 2016 • ( 4 Comments )

Me at the age of twenty-two – a true disco queen I taught ballroom dancing during my late twenties, performed with a partner in Miami, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles and danced like they do on Dancing with the Stars. (Truth) While in Johns Hopkins in 1992, my neurologist told […]