JESSIE'S VEGAS

All these years later, and I am journaling again. I found some of my old journals a few weeks ago and realized there is no better platform for self-reflection or even healing than journaling. It seems strange to type rather than write with a pencil or pen, but honestly, since I had a TIA a few years ago, I prefer typing. The TIA happened on December 1st 2021 a few days after I had received my second COVID booster injection. The 1st booster injection I had had a small fever, tachycardia that came and went, and fluctuating blood pressures. I have talked to a few other nurses who have experienced this phenomenon, and the one thing we have in common is that we all have underlying clotting disorders. My TIA happened, and I am missing pieces of memory from those few days surrounding that event. Dani says, "I knew something was different, Mom, because you actually shopped with me at Kohl's, and did not complain about the time I took". With my ADHD, spending more time than...

I think my friends get tired of me telling our dog story, but I am going to recount it anyway in tribute of a very special dog that came into our lives 10 years ago and passed away peacefully yesterday.  We had just moved to Las Vegas and one of our children was not doing well adjusting at their new school. We had gone to a lot of trouble moving to a school district with good ratings, but bullying and indifference can occur anywhere and we discovered it found us again. I was beyond desperate to help this child that was retreating further into her own reality and less in ours. Night terrors and auditory hallucinations filled her mind. We were desperate to find help. One morning, in the space between sleep and awakening, the following thought came through my head. " Get her a dog. Animals are our guardian angels on earth". This surprised me as I had always enjoyed animals, but never thought of them in this kind of role.  I did not relate this to my daughter and ,frankly, I do ...