Would you ever know if I didn’t say it out loud? On October 16, 2001, I had a heart transplant. Ten days later I got to go home after 145 days in the hospital. I remember being on the couch right after I got home. It was fall. I remember it being gloomy. And there… Continue reading So…I Had a Heart Transplant
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Take me out at the ballgame?
All of a sudden people were all around me. I don’t quite remember the sounds, but they were there. The things I do remember hearing were things I had heard before that brought me right back to first waking up in the hospital when I was 13. “Is she ok?” “Does she know where she is?” “Get her up” “No! Don’t get her up!” All of it was coming at me all at once.
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Suffering Isn’t Cute
People who are suffering are not appealing. It is hard to be around them. It seems they take up more space than they should. We stay away as if they are contagious. Suffering isn’t instagramable. It isn’t inspiring and it certainly doesn’t seem helpful to most of us. And yet it’s at the root of… Continue reading Suffering Isn’t Cute
Laura Bradley 