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Rebels in Swimming Suits
As I mentioned in my last post, I am spending the week in Cancun. Not only am I having a good time, but I am learning a bit about how much the world had advanced since I retired. I was already fully aware that the use of mobile technology and the way companies are automating and doing everything online has surpassed everything I knew when I was working. It was just in its infancy then. I always thought I was pretty savvy technically, but that was then, this is now. So, th
Chick Clearview
Oct 305 min read
Name Re-Claimed
You can kick rocks, darlin’. I’m not here to be liked. I’m here to speak truth. This isn’t a performance, a cry for attention, or a pretty story wrapped in healing language. This is a record. A reckoning. A beginning. This is dedicated to my mother, who would be 63 today. My #1 abuser and my #1 teacher in survival. Not a contradiction, a bloodline truth. She was the storm that broke me and the force that built me. Pain was our inheritance. Strength is my return. Some of you w
Alice Works
Oct 285 min read
Getaway
Got up at 3:15 this morning to get to the airport for my flight to Cancun. Not my first time out of the country, but my first time at a beach resort for vacation. I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. My husband was never a beach or pool person. The bulk of our vacations were motorcycling, fishing or sightseeing, which we always enjoyed together, but seldom ended at a beach or a pool. After walking out of the hell of the past few years, it’s time to get away fo
Chick Clearview
Oct 272 min read
Twists and Turns
Life comes with its share of twists and turns. Some you see coming, others catch you off guard and make you question if you are even on the right road. Walking the path of life is not an easy thing to do. Each person faces their own challenges and twists. Some stretches of the road are a straight paved path, easy to follow, moving in your day to day. Other days you hit the mountain pass, constant switch backs, doubling back and forth as it moves up the mountain you have come
kevin.froehling
Oct 234 min read
What Do I Write About?
It’s my turn to write a post. As I’m typing, I’m still trying to figure out what I’m going to write about today. So, I re-read Alice’s last post. Although I could relate to all of it, nothing pinged me to write about. Alice did an excellent job describing what it’s like to function with chronic pain or other serious diagnosis. The reactions of people who don’t know what it’s like and what we face when we keep trying to live our lives instead of sitting down and crying.
Chick Clearview
Oct 225 min read