This Brutiful Life

This has been a difficult week.  Here is the latest update . . . Physical Health:As a reminder, I am currently at 50% of the full dosage of this current Lyme treatment protocol. My body seemed to handle 1 day “off” between Lyme treatment days relatively well, so I tried 0 days “off” between treatment. It was… Read more

I have had two separate conversations with two close family members (besides my husband) in the last 48 hours about a topic that requires thought about the next 10-15 years, and these two close family members responded to the conversations in similar ways. These two family members are two of my favorite people, and I know… Read more

(credit: unknown) So far, this has been a good week. My husband texted me the image above on Monday, and I thought maybe others could use the reminder as well: You just have to take one “are you fucking kidding me” at a time. I have been repeating it in my head ever since my husband shared… Read more

I wrote my first blog post one year ago today on January 6, 2023. I wrote the post in the morning hours when I thought I was going to still be receiving medical care from my previous team of doctors (a chiropractor and an MD) who offered their time and services to us free of… Read more

My husband and I watched the Netflix documentary American Symphony a few weeks ago. The documentary is about Jon Batiste and his wife, Suleika Jaouad. Jon Batiste was the bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015-2022. Here is the trailer: And, then we listened to Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast episode with Jon Batiste (episode… Read more