When one has a fear of something, it can become gripping. It can consume your whole being. No matter what the fear is, we let it take over what we do each day. This is a story of a fear I had. The morning of November 22, 2016, I was scheduled for a vocal cord surgery. This was my second one within a matter of 4 months. I was sent to the New York Head and Neck Institute by my ENT to [...]
It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave. This post does not pick up from I last left off. Instead I want this post to let you know what is going on inside my throat. This cancer sucks like all cancers do. Each one has its own type of pain. Each cancer had its own struggles depending on the type of treatment you are receiving. Vocal cord cancer is a super hard [...]
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better [...]
We are creatures of habit and my mornings typically start the same way. I will wake up between 6-6:30, stumble to kitchen, get the coffee brewing, stumble to the bathroom, pee, then I stumble back to bed and lay there until I hear the coffee finish brewing. I get up and make the bed then I make my one cup of coffee which is one packet of stevia and some almond milk. I head to the living room and [...]
