“The veritable competition never was, never is and never will be between you and another person. It is, au fond, all about ‘actual you’ versus ‘potential you’. Remember! In this game, you are either ahead of the curve or you are a diamond in the rough; and in both instances you do not draw to a close until victory is yours.”
I’ve spent the week quietly grieving the death of a treasured sister I didn’t know.
I worried we’d died before resolving the pain that
made us run from each other.
I don’t know how to manage my illness and the pain of this grief.
So tomorrow, I begin intensive outpatient treatment at Kaiser.
I’ll blog about the experience as my concentration returns.
To my friends on WordPress and other social media, thank you for your words of support: I treasure them.
To Sandy’s loved ones on Facebook, In Richmond Virginia and elsewhere I offer this slide show made from the handful of selfies and faded snapshots gathered from her collection.
I will revise this video as I find higher resolution photos.
PLEASE SHARE! Sharing with permission. From an Environmental Protection Agency staffer. “So I work at the EPA and yeah it’s as bad as you are hearing: The entire agency is under lockdown, the website, facebook, twitter, you name it is static and can’t be updated. All reports, findings, permits and studies are frozen and not […]