(Why am I naming days?) 10/17/14, Day 14,045 (Mercena Day 63): Shots and a little relief A big medical day for daughter and father yesterday. Mercena had the first round of her 2-month vaccinations, and I felt the first glimmer of real recovery for my back injury. Heather reports that her 2-month appointment went well!Continue reading “Shots, and a little relief”
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Phone Meetings and Little Gains
(Why am I naming days?) 10/16/14, Day 14,044 (Mercena Day 62): Phone Meetings and Little Gains I really wanted to go to work yesterday. I had told myself that it was possible (it was never really possible). I needed it to be possible, both for my own sense of progress and because I had fourContinue reading “Phone Meetings and Little Gains”
Two Months with Mercena
(Why am I naming days?) 10/15/14, Day 14,043 (Mercena Day 61): Two Months with Mercena What’s amazing to me is how natural it all seems now. In the early days, everything was so strange; not just the new life wailing in our home, but all the trappings that go with it–the diaper hose I installedContinue reading “Two Months with Mercena”
Two More Days With The Back Monster
(Why am I naming days?) 10/13/14, Day 14,041 (Mercena Day 59): Back Monster, Day Two; or, Soft Launch of Flux Forward Not to much to report from these past days. The back injury is not getting much better, even after a visit to the chiropractor. I’m heading back for a second visit today (a laboriousContinue reading “Two More Days With The Back Monster”
Corinna Schulenburg 