Moments in sugar cane fields
Ever had those moments in time where you’re soaking up everything that’s happening around and wish you could just freeze time in that particular memory because you just don’t want the moment to end. You’re thinking of it. I can see the smile stretching across…
Just because I wear hearing aids doesn’t mean…
Dear hearing people, just because I wear hearing aids doesn’t mean I have bionic hearing. Although there was this one time as a kid that I thought I had superpowers because of my hearing aids. The world was always louder after a visit to the…
Chasing fear in the Yucatan jungle
My eyes darted across the canopy. My legs were trapped in strips of leather and iron buckles near my groin waist. I looked up. My hands hurt from the death grip I had on the rope that connected my waist to the line. My eyes…
Oh hey, it’s 2021
I gotta be honest, it feels surreal to be in 2021. A brand spanking new year and yet it doesn’t feel that much different from the last 9 months. We left a year riddled with immense grief, trauma, uncertainty, fear, pivoting and hopelessness, but it’s…
Cheers to 2020
I didn’t see the ball drop. There was no fanfare and confetti. No champagne poured. No kiss exchanged. I tried to hold out to see the clock tick towards 12:01 Who was I kidding? At 11:30 p.m. I stumbled into bed, only to be roused moments later…
Vegan scalloped potatoes
The vote is in. I know it was hard to choose and quite a few of you wanted me to share the recipe for all the dishes but I’ll let Melissa do that. For now, let me share the recipe for the dish that got…
A vegan thanksgiving
A few years ago our primary care doctor was alarmed at how high Phil’s cholesterol numbers were. She didn’t want to put him on pills so she made two requests; get more active and change your eating habits which almost felt like a death sentence…
Free fitness classes in West Palm Beach
I’ve only been once and looked like soaked rag when I was done but I FELT GOOD! Words I never thought I would say about exercising much less a boot camp class, that at times made me wonder if I left my brain in the…
Dear hearing people, sometimes I fake it
I didn’t have the heart to stop you while you were passionately talking about whatever you were talking about. The emotions were written all over your face, so…I mimicked you. No I didn’t hear a word you said. But if you smiled, I smiled.If you…
The Value of Scars: What I learned about myself after hysterectomy
I didn’t want them there and yet here they were. Constant reminders that face me at least twice a day. The bridges of my fingers trailed each one. Four mounds, raised melanin hills a shade darker than the rest of me on the landscape of…
