Tag: mental-health

• Living In Limbo

  Still no news on a surgery date for my wrist. I am trying to not let it take away my joy and my purpose because I do feel like I am living in a state of limbo. Even today one of the anchors that gave me a social life and some foot comfort came to…

  Garnetjewel

  January 28, 2025

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  addictions, adopted, anxiety, caffeine, compression hose, computer work, depression, describe, foot exercises, GCGH, health, massaging, mental-health, recumbent bike, routine, snafus, social hour, social life, statistical facts, supervisors, therapy, ulna surgery, ultrasound equipment

• Sitting In… The Lobby

  Wednesday was a good day. I was really excited that my therapy was about to start. It has been a good 6 years since I first had to go through therapy before getting to the MRI for my initial diagnosis. Only a month and a half ago was my first time back in this hospital…

  Garnetjewel

  November 25, 2024

  Family, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Bible Study, choir, choir practice, compound, driving, Family, flat feet, hospital, inspiration, insurance, lobby, mental-health, pain, questionnaire, review, self-improvement, sessions, sitting in, thankful, Thanksgiving Dinner, therapist, therapy, ultrasound equipment, writing, x-rays

• Finding the Right Routine

  My foot has been something to deal with recently. Walking is still something I don’t want to give up, yet I have to be ever cautious and mindful of the pain that is or isn’t radiating from my ankle. The routine is to put my Voltaren on once every morning before walking. When I was…

  Garnetjewel

  September 23, 2024

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  cautious, cement floors, cream, disability, exercising, feet, foot, Friday, health, Ibuprofen, life, lifestyle, limp, mental-health, radiating, routine, Saturday, successful, survived, today, Voltaren, weekend

• A Bad Night and Rocky Morning

  Who would have thought one phone conversation could create such discontent? Yesterday was a long day after an exhausting emotional weekend. Plus we keep hearing about more deaths. I had a couple back and forth messages between my cousin about 4 deaths within the past 3 weeks. Then yesterday after we got to Aunt Helen’s…

  Garnetjewel

  July 9, 2024

  American Heritage, Bible Reflections, God’s Timing

  articles, backfire, church, Church Ladies, death, drowsy, exhaustion, Family, fantasy, Father, folly, frustration, God, grandma, ineptness, lack of sleep, life, Lord, love, mental-health, Midwest, pills, pop, relationship, sleep, writing

• Father’s Day Sunday

  Last night I was kind of thinking about the day’s events and it hit me how blessed I am. I have 3 church families who are so vastly interconnected through interactions of family and movement of friends going to different places. I would never have thought that last week I would be talking to a…

  Garnetjewel

  June 17, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  cards, Christian, church, Family, Father’s Day, genealogy, Grandmas, grilling, hamburgers, homemade cards, memories, mental-health, messages, receptions, religion, Sunday School, writing

• Miracles

  Yesterday I alluded to a miracle. I should have used the word in plural form. The first miracle of the weekend was getting a weekend with my niece in the first place. We have been pushed aside not necessarily by my niece, but by circumstances being manipulated. Thursday evening was a pretty perfect evening having…

  Garnetjewel

  June 4, 2024

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Amish Buffet, birthday, celebrations, church, cupcake, dinner, emotional, Family, food, friends, lasagna, life, mental-health, migraines, miracles, personal, reception, soul sister, weddings

• Tires

  Somehow I had a feeling yesterday was going to be quite a day! My plans had already faltered when I found the sewing machine surrounded. Then it was just me and I needed my uncle’s help to get to the machine. He was walking when I called him, but I told him not to rush…

  Garnetjewel

  May 29, 2024

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  blogging, car, God, grace, heaven, life, memories, mental-health, old times, pizza, poetry, sensors, signs, Tire Mart, tired, tires, writing

• How have you adapted to the changes brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic?-Writing Prompt

  This is a loaded question. Most of the changes brought on by the pandemic were done so by non-elected bureaucrats. I learned what I needed to learn about diseases from Wal-Mart ironically. I was a cashier we touched all sorts of nasty cash and what came over our conveyor belts including raw hamburger meat. There…

  Garnetjewel

  April 2, 2024

  Writing Prompt

  blog, Covid, covid-19, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1896, mental-health, pandemic

• What makes me laugh?-Writing Prompt

  Well… I feel like I have mentioned this a lot over the past year in my articles. Uncle Mike was truly my funny bone. He had a way of getting everyone to laugh in spite of us not wanting to at different times. He and Uncle Tony were sometimes like a comedy team, brothers who…

  Garnetjewel

  March 29, 2024

  Writing Prompt

  dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1892, Family, humor, laughter, life, mental-health

• Does Stress Have a Purpose?

  Maybe the word anxiousness is best used in this question. I know as a performer having butterflies meant that you were alert for the performance. Sometimes my butterflies were enormous. Several times though with God’s presence I had those performances that were pretty much perfect. I also had some screw-ups, but I always finished the…

  Garnetjewel

  January 24, 2024

  Bible Reflections, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Adam, anxiety, anxiousness, authors, Christ, conversations, Eve, exchanges, mental-health, performances, persevere, self-care, stress, tomorrow, writing