Unbelievable!
Posted by ellen5e in Foreign Accent Syndrome, Health, Personal Experience, Ponderings on 02 16th, 2010 | No Comments
It happened again. In the midst of a social fun time, I was snapped back into the reality of the fact that this speaking voice of mine is not my “real” voice. I was questioned about my Foreign Accent Syndrome at length by a doctor who simply couldn’t believe it.
I was enjoying a lovely...
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 Reason for the Silence
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Family, Life, Personal Experience on 01 31st, 2010 | No Comments
You may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging regularly since the middle of December. That is because I made a conscious decision to step back from many ventures during the Christmas season to focus on the most important areas of my life. I focused more on family and the celebration of what...
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...
The Anticipation of Advent
Our family is in the middle of celebrating one of our favorite Christmastime traditions. In 1994 I made a lovely discovery at a local discount store of 4 ceramic figurines that I used to create our family Advent Wreath.
These 4 figures sit around the perimeter of a wreath with accompanying colored...
Six Months with Foreign Accent Syndrome and counting
Posted by ellen5e in Communication, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Health, Uncategorized on 11 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments
It has now been six months since I first contracted Foreign Accent Syndrome. Here is a fascinating video where I discovered that there was another person in a nearby area who had a similar manifestation in which her normal speech was replaced with a strongly accented way of speaking.
Next, let me say,...