Why I must continue
For the past year I’ve written about #OneGoodThing every single day. It wasn’t easy; it was a great challenge — both in daily writing and in positive thinking. There were […]
366 Days of #OneGoodThing
If you asked me to tell you 366 good things that happened in my life this year, I’d be at a total loss. It was a crap year in a […]
Remembering Mema
Twenty years ago today, my beloved grandmother Mema passed away. We were very close and used to spend long summer days together at the swimming pool in her mobile home […]
Birthday at the beach
The Nosy Parker family celebrated my birthday at the beach today. We used to live near the beach in Santa Cruz. We’d stop by all the time, on the way […]
Relief and hope
Relief flooded through me this afternoon as I finished up this week’s phone appointment with my doctor. It was probably the best appointment I’d had in months — not because […]
Not to brag…
I’ll be honest; today was a mostly shitty day. I spent much of it fighting, I mean advocating, for proper treatment of my chronic health condition. My Autoimmune Pernicious Anemia means […]
A childhood favorite
The Nosy Parker family is Jewish and therefore we don’t celebrate Easter. But I’ve always been a chocolate addict so I’m a fan. Since I was a kid, my favorite […]
Small victories
Today I calmly, clearly, and SUCCESSFULLY advocated for the treatment of my chronic illness. That is so much #OneGoodThing that words do not suffice. Day 85 of 366.
Clarity in the bathtub
I find a good soak in the tub often comes with the perk of clearing my mind. It can help me focus, solve a problem or break through writer’s block. Today’s […]
Making progress in the right direction
This week has been the hardest week yet for #OneGoodThing. That’s in no small part because I haven’t been feeling well. I was recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that was […]
