Turning the Page
Posted by ellen5e in Christian, Health, Home, Personal Experience, Ponderings on 01 31st, 2010 | No Comments
I HAVE TURNED THE PAGE! January 2010 is a time that I can look upon as a time of new beginnings. I continued to use my contemplations of December’s poor energy from CFS and come up with some kind of plan.
First, honestly assess where I am. I am in poor health and am driving myself unrealistically...
The Christmas Gift
The manger stays empty until Christmas Eve.
As economic times are tough, I have had a real challenge of figuring out about what gifts I might be able to afford. There is just no way to be able to do the usual extended family Secret Santa gift exchange this year. The family vehicle needed repairs that...
Procrastination: What’s ‘pro’ about it?
Posted by ellen5e in Christian, Life, Opinion, Personal Experience, Ponderings on 11 11th, 2009 | No Comments
I am developing a plan to get a task done. Or is it that I am beginning to start to plan? The prefix ‘pro’ usually means moving forward, bettering, such as in the word progress. Procrastination: what’s ‘pro’ about it?
Here is a video that someone sent me a link to. This...
Imperfect Perfection
You know what? I am NOT perfect. Surprise! Yet, one of my personal struggles is with the character defect of perfectionism. I could even go so far to say that it is a sin, but I don’t know that I chose so much to act this way as it is a natural bent that has plagued my Type A, constantly pushing...
Crashed and Turned
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, Life, Personal Experience, Uncategorized on 09 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Some of you will have already heard about this, but since today is the anniversary date of a major life-altering event, I decided to reblog it.
September 17, 1987 is a special date on the calendar for me. You see, it was 22 years ago today that my life took a major hit. While driving our Kawasaki 550...
FAS Friends
Posted by ellen5e in Christian, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Friendship, News, Personal Experience, Spirit on 06 16th, 2009 | No Comments
I met with a new friend tonight who I call “Fishers Fran.” We both have Foreign Accent Syndrome, (an extremely rare
Eastside Ellen and Fishers Fran shake up a local Steak 'n' Shake. ---Photo by waitress Cloe.
medical condition that causes a person to speak with a foreign accent that...