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Silver Linings Playbook Part II: Hope Revisited

July 10, 2017 Susan 5 Comments

Four years ago this past weekendI was in a near-fatal car wreck just outside Fairhope, Alabama. July 7, just before…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: broken leg, broken neck, physical therapy

Mental Health Monday: The New Normal

July 6, 2015 Susan 3 Comments

I’m writing this the day before the two-year anniversary of my car wreck. Looking back at last year’s reflections, “It’s…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: arthritis, broken neck, car wrecks, external fixation, operations, physical therapy, surgeons, surgeries, The New Normal

Mental Health Monday: Living With Chronic Pain

February 24, 2014 Susan 4 Comments

I’ve been in physical therapy since October. First it was for my leg/ankle, which were broken last July. Having spent…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: chronic pain, hip and buttocks pain, managing chronic pain, pain, pain and depression, physical therapy

Mental Health Monday: Remember What Scarlett Said

January 13, 2014 Susan

This coming Sunday marks the end of my six months of “disability.” Or at least the end of my being…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: anxiety, disability, handicap tags, Harbor Town, Memphis, mental health, moving, physical therapy, rotater cuff surgery, stress

Mental Health Monday: Ice and Elevation

October 28, 2013 Susan

I went to physical therapy at 7:30 this morning. My foot (and also my knee) was hurting more than ever.…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ice and elevation, mental health day, personal day, physical therapy

Faith on Friday: Women Who Heal

October 11, 2013 Susan

  On my way home from my 7:45 a.m. physical therapy appointment this morning, I began to think about what…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: Alex Riggle, Annie Dillard, Madeleline L'Engle, massage therapiy, Mother Teresa, physical therapy, Saints Zenaida and Philonilla, The Onion Dome, women healers

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