Month: July 2015

Honoring the 100

On By moxielooIn 100, 100th birthday, birthday, burial, grandchildren, grandfather, grandmother, grandparents, grave, house, lake, Mamaw, memories, Papaw, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My grandmothers were born one day apart. I don’t mean like one day apart as in June 29 and June 30 of two different years. I mean one day apart the same year. One had her first child at 33. One had twins at 17. They lived very different lives, but this year, on July …

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Week Three

On By moxielooIn ablation, anesthesia, change, choices, complications, cramps, D and C, do something for yourself, gynecologist, heating pad, hospital, Novasure, period, scary, uterine ablation, uterusLeave a comment

Well, it’s been nearly three weeks since I had the uterine ablation procedure. I have had almost none of the side effects that everyone warns about. No cramping. No bleeding. No weird discharge (TMI, I know), and no weird smells. It’s like they went in with a big waterpik and just cleaned everything out. I’m …

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Dreams – Come True

On By moxielooIn Arkansas, attorney, augusta, briefcase, case, courthouse, filing, hometown, mccrory, small town, woodruff countyLeave a comment

I grew up in a very small town in a very rural area in a state. We had 73 people in our graduating class, although nowadays those ranks have dwindled down to about 35. People move away, things change, but life goes on.When I was a little kid, there was only one real attorney in …

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Life Begins with Flight

On By moxielooIn baby birds, birds, daddy bird, first flight, flight, flying, life, mama bird, nest, plants, wilderness, woodsLeave a comment

This morning, we witnessed something truly amazing. For a couple of months now, a mama bird has had a nest in one of my outdoor plants. She started out trying to make a nest in my very most favorite pot outside, the pot I bought from The Good Earth with money someone gave me for …

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Day Three

On By moxielooIn anesthesia, complications, cramps, day three, experience, good, heating pad, hospitals, nausea, Novasure, percocet, third dayLeave a comment

Day three post surgery. I apparently overdid it by a large margin yesterday. I think it was the up and down from my office chair to the front, meeting with clients and such. Either way, my body is telling me that I should not have done whatever I did, as I am back to feeling …

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