When Hugh Jackman sang the opening notes of “You Will Be Found” at his show in Tampa Friday night, I knew I was about to experience one of my favorite moments of the evening. When he was joined by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Tampa Bay, I had the added thrill of knowing no one […]
Ration Challenge 2019: How Eating Less Taught Me More
My week participating in the 2019 Ration Challenge has come to an end. Here’s a look at the experience overall: To recap, I participated in the Church World Service Ration Challenge, where participants eat the equivalent rations to a Syrian refugee for a week. The goal is to raise funds to support refugees, to raise […]
Why in the world do you watch that?
WORLD: I suppose this isn’t such a “closet secret” now that I am writing about it here (and I’ve written about it elsewhere), but my inexplicable junk TV go-to is “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” I realize most of you who know me will ask, “WHY IN THE WORLD?” I don’t understand it myself, but […]
Five Minute Friday: Question
QUESTION: Let’s talk about the questions we should ask to avoid getting into debt. Knowing the prompt this week was “question,” I’ve been thinking since Thursday about what I would say. I don’t want to overshare, and it’s a tad ironic that I am writing this when I am five hours away from ending the […]
Feeding a Goal
GOAL When I saw “goal” as the prompt for this week, I breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed so easy relative to other Five Minute Friday prompts. “Seemed” is the operative word here. I’ll stick to the immediate goal, though. I think I’m going to find it feeds (no pun intended, as you’ll see) […]
Treating Each Other Well, Always
A guest post by my incredible friend, Tara Reynolds, a Stage 3, Her2+ Cancer Fighter. Although it doesn’t overtly say the word “well,” it says volumes about the power of treating each other well, no matter what. I was waiting for my next cancer scan, sitting in the Head and Neck Cancer waiting room. Often […]