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Healing or Complaining, Write or Wrong?

Posted on November 13, 2021July 23, 2025

When I started this blog, I was hoping it was going to be about mountains and writing. Perhaps be a platform for some more creative writing pursuits that I’ve got planned. But instead the bulk of my entries so far have been about this damn nerve pain. It wasn’t supposed to be this way! I…

Breaking Through the Pain

Breaking Through The Pain

Posted on November 12, 2021August 12, 2025

It’s finally starting to happen, I think. Yesterday was the first day that the soft muscle tissue around my spine started to hold, and rather than getting electrocuted with nerve pain all over, I just feel really sore on my insides, if that makes any sense. This is also the first day I’m not nervous…

It’s Not The Winning, But The Faith

Posted on November 8, 2021January 7, 2026

For the last year I’ve been taking the fight directly to the nerve damage in my spine, yelling at it, screaming at it, telling it that under no circumstances is it going to beat me. I keep saying to it, myself, and sometimes God, I’m gonna win. I’m gonna win damnit! Win! I also say…

When Tomorrow Never Comes

Posted on November 4, 2021October 20, 2025

And what happens if tomorrow never comes? If you never get your life back the way it used to be? Never get your health back. Your wealth back. Your love back. Whatever it is you lost back. What then? Can you let go of what was and accept your new reality? Finding My Way to…

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