I went to work with no crutches today! That made me happy. I don’t think I could go shopping or walking for long periods of time without them, but today

It’s snowing on a Saturday. I love it. It’s pretty. However, in our neck of the woods, the first snow wreaks havoc with people. Driving becomes treacherous. People will think

Hello dear readers, It’s the day after Thanksgiving. I am feeling grateful for my family, friends, co-workers, physicians, surgeons and nurses who are compassionate. I came through the knee surgery

It’s official, I’ve lost 31 pounds and have permission to eat table food. I feel like I’m cheating. The nutritionist said I shouldn’t be afraid and that I would get

I’ve never liked my name, Mary Lu. My whole name is Mary Luella. Put that with the maiden name of Pester and maybe you can see why I didn’t like

I’m a very impatient person I think. Today I went to the doctor to see how I’m doing with the band. Well, five more pounds are gone. I’m disappointed. Isn’t

I got an e-mail today sweetly telling me the person couldn’t wait to see skinny me. Skinny me? Twenty pounds lighter is far, far, from skinny. A lot of people

This morning I took some new medicine and holy molely it burned my throat bad. I mean literally burned me. I gagged and coughed and poured, swirled better tasting, cooler

Several people have asked about my husband Mike and how he died. Well, last February I worked with a group of writers, called, Voices of Grace. We each wrote monologues

Well it happened. I let myself get too hungry before I ate breakfast. I take a pepcid and b-12 vitamin together and I put it in the food. I swallowed