Silent Surprise says “Open Your Eyes”
Posted by ellen5e in News on 11 10th, 2009 | No Comments
DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS- While I was putting coins in a parking meter on Meridian Street I glanced about the Indiana War Memorial Plaza and took in all the flags at half staff. Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day and most flags are at half staff in honor of a tragic shooting last week claiming the lives...
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 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...
STRENGTH FROM THE STRUGGLE
I am now back from the hospital and am continuing to have speech problems.
Rather than write everything down… I went to Tokbox and created 4 little video mails that explains everything up to now.
I hope you will watch these so you can view how difficult it is to speak, how very different I sound...
On My Knees
My friends and followers may have noticed that I’ve not been as
social online over the last week. Why? Lots of reasons, but primarily, high demands of many different projects all coming due at the same time. There were the annual stage props for a production at Madame Walker theatre which my husband...