As a child, I felt a lot of shame. Growing up at the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, I was just like all the other patients. Once I was sent home, I was different than everyone else in my town, including all of my family members. I walked and moved differently than the other children … [Read more…]
This #ThrowbackThursday is going way, way back. Looking at the face of that little baby, you would never know that bones and tissue in both legs were malformed and I was missing bones and numerous toes. I was living in the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children, where I grew up for seven years, about four … [Read more…]
You were born to make mistakes. You were born to learn through trying and failing and trying again and again. You don’t have to get it right the first time. Or the second or third or tenth. Mistakes do not mean you’re a failure. They mean you are making progress. Love who you are and … [Read more…]
We rush from work to home to appointments and rarely take time to stop and breathe. It is so important that you have time to just “be”, and to reconnect with your Self and center your thoughts. Somewhere today, pause in the busy and take a moment to stop and just be, before continuing on … [Read more…]
Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I told the family we … [Read more…]
Why don’t I know what I want to do with my life? Why can’t I figure out what I want to take in school? Why can’t I commit to a job or a career path? Why is it difficult for me to commit to life decisions? Why am I not brave enough to do what … [Read more…]