by PJColando | Dec 24, 2024 | blog post, In the Pink
Last Monday, December 16, I received a Christmas miracle. The date was the fourth anniversary of my ill-fated visit to the local hospital’s ER. While I’d been experiencing involuntary muscle twitches during massages in the previous month, on that day, my...
by PJColando | Dec 17, 2024 | blog post, Purpose
This is not original content written by yours truly, but a cut-paste so I can recall the hundreds of new words added to our ever-evolving lexicon – 2024 was a year like no other. Read on – From arts and entertainment we get freestyle, “an improvised...
by PJColando | Dec 10, 2024 | blog post
The elf raised the wooden stamp as high as his bruised elbow allowed. He paused, scrunched his eyes, and listened intently, hoping that someone, something, anything, would intervene.His heart ached as much as his arm. It kerthumped in his chest. A chest that didn’t...
by PJColando | Dec 3, 2024 | blog post, Purpose
Behold half of our merry gatherers for our Friendsgiving this year. The couple across the table from my husband and I are longtime friends who’ve hosted us for Thanksgiving for a dozen years. They allowed us to reciprocate because they’d recently returned...
by PJColando | Nov 26, 2024 | blog post, Purpose
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors and the most patient of teachers.” – Charles W. Eliot, American academic and 21st president of Harvard University in his 1896 book, The Happy...
by PJColando | Nov 19, 2024 | blog post, Purpose
I’m back in physical therapy. I likely qualify as a lifer because I rehab injuries as well as attempt to prevent stuff. Like knee surgery. When I enter the large open therapy room, my PT stops what he’s doing – even treating another patient –...
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