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Fear is a four letter word

Sep 28, 2015 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

Fear is a four letter word

Last October I faced my decades-old fear of the ocean by simply getting wet. You know, the up to your knees kind of wet. I had reached a point in my life where I realized that only I could redefine what getting older meant to me and I was determined not to lead a life […]

Filed Under: Health & Wellness Tagged With: Facing Fear, Midlife, Ocean

Does Sorrow Prevent Joy

Dec 1, 2014 By elinwaldal 22 Comments

Does Sorrow Prevent Joy

It is December 1st and against better judgment — I committed to publishing daily as part of NaBloPoMo — again. The theme this month is joy, a subject that actually does fascinate me, so if you are a regular here you can expect to hear a little more about it for the next 30 days. As it happens just […]

Filed Under: Healing, NaBloPoMo Dec 14 Tagged With: Creative Process, Grief, Joy, NaBloPoMo Dec 14, Writing

News and Empathy

Nov 25, 2014 By elinwaldal 14 Comments

News and Empathy

When I began to write this morning the sun had just begun to paint her first stroke of orange and pink across the sky. In all her majesty she sent out that initial ray, it appeared as a fine line across the horizon, then in time it grew wide enough to push away the dark. But in order to […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Women Tagged With: Bill Cosby, Rape, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault, UVA

Colonoscopy, the Awful Must Do

Nov 15, 2014 By elinwaldal 12 Comments

Colonoscopy, the Awful Must Do

To say that I avoided setting an appointment to have a colonoscopy, would be the grossest of understatements ever. But, like it or not, having a colonoscopy is the quintessential — awful-must-do — and yes, pun intended. Jimmy went first. I am a giver that way. I watched and observed as he drank the magical […]

Filed Under: Aging, Life Cleanse, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Aging, Colon Cancer Prevention, Colonoscopy, Health & Wellness

Getting Clean

Nov 13, 2014 By Elin Stebbins Waldal 22 Comments

Getting Clean

What does “getting clean” mean to you? It could be as difficult as speaking a truth that has been hard to share or as complex as shaking yourself free from addiction. Regardless of what we are faced with, sometimes “getting clean,” is harder than it appears. Seven weeks ago my friend and fellow writer, Mary, announced to her Facebook friends that […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Life Cleanse, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Eat clean, exercise, Forgiveness, PiYo, voice inside your head

Frog in the Pot

Nov 12, 2014 By elinwaldal 22 Comments

Frog in the Pot

Have you heard about the frog in the pot? When you think about a frog…maybe you think of the prince from childhood fairy tales. Not me. I think of the metaphorical frog. You know…put a frog in a pot of boiling water? What does the frog do? She jumps! Same frog.  Room temperature water. She swims, […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: dating abuse, Safety Plan, Teen Dating Violence

A Story of Rescue

Nov 11, 2014 By elinwaldal 7 Comments

A Story of Rescue

In 2009, The New York Times, featured a collection of interviews, in each the subjects story was paired with photographs–all lovely vignettes of the individuals New York life–the Times called it, One IN 8 MILLION. So many of the stories were just remarkable,  “ordinary people people telling extraordinary stories,” but one in particular stayed with me. When it comes […]

Filed Under: Healing, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Abandoned Animals, Animals, Love, One IN 8 MILLION NYT, Rescue

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