Kris – The Painful Pagan

The Wheel Turns

The Wheel of the Year is turning again! I’m happy that the days will start getting longer again, but I am struggling with the season changing for my mom, as well as for me as a daughter. You see my mom was originally put on hospice care the weekend before Thanksgiving 2018. In June ofContinue reading “The Wheel Turns”

Third Time’s the Charm? Covid, Pt III

Well, I had it again, that most dreaded plague, COVID-19. I can’t believe this!!! I was exposed to someone who was Covid positive Tuesday, Aug 30th. She didn’t know she had it then, and because she has an autoimmune issue, she wears a N-95 mask when outside her house the whole time. However, it turnsContinue reading “Third Time’s the Charm? Covid, Pt III”

Once More, Unto the Breach: Covid, Part II

Well, I got it again. Covid. That horrible virus that has changed my health for the worse once already. It came back. I originally got Covid in mid-March of 2020. I had emergency bowel resection surgery with a temporary Ileostomy creation on March 7, 2020. When I got home from that and my ICU nurseContinue reading “Once More, Unto the Breach: Covid, Part II”

All The Things, Darkly

Darkness. Things seem so dark. There is nothing but darkness inside my head. I have been so depressed, I haven’t been able to function. I feel like this darkness is slowly killing me. Not in the literal sense, but in how it is sapping my spirit, my will to live my life with joy orContinue reading “All The Things, Darkly”

My Third Post (A Long Time Gone)

I am listening to my Chronic Pain playlist while waiting for R to get out of school. I have some edits I want to make to it, but I am just not sure when I will get around to doing it. I am in such horrible pain today! I am not sure who in myContinue reading “My Third Post (A Long Time Gone)”

My Second Post…

“Do I want to get a shower,” my husband asked me just now. I want to. Really, I do. It has been two days since my last shower, but I just don’t have the energy to deal with all it entails. All the pain that will happen while doing it. All the needle-like drops ofContinue reading “My Second Post…”

My First Post…

An original name for my first post here, I know. But I can’t come up with anything better. It is one of those days. We are at the Metro Detroit Legoland and I am in their little food court, typing this on my phone, rather than enjoying this experience with my almost 11 year oldContinue reading “My First Post…”