by Monica Vest Wheeler | Nov 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
What’s the saying … we make plans and God laughs. I do not write this in search of pity or get wells. My dear hubby Roger has been caring for me as best he can as I deal with whatever is all in my head. Well, I didn’t need a doctor to tell me that …...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Oct 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Before and after … I’d used the formal photo, here, since 2009, where I had a makeup and hair helper in the studio. And the photographer friend had to keep coaxing me to smile. That was when I was 51, thinking I had experienced a lot of life, but I...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Clearing the clutter in your brain is like purging a closet or storeroom. Some things you preserve, others you pitch. Sometimes you swipe away a little dust, other times you’ve got to bring in the shop vac and empty it many times … And sneeze numerous times to...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
You risk everything when you take a chance … and when you DON’T. I’ve ridden some wacky waves this year — wait, haven’t we all?!?! — not realizing that a perfect storm had been aligning itself … waiting on ME to step atop a new surfboard to...
by Monica Vest Wheeler | Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I read my mom’s journals, I came to September 11, 2017, the day she designated as her own “9-11” … after a diagnosis of lung cancer. Then I remembered hearing that from other people facing a variety of difficult challenges on that specific day of...
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