Christmas 2004 brought me a gift I’d never experienced: shingles. Shingles are a nerve infection caused by the chickenpox virus, resulting in areas of painful rash covered with blisters. It lays dormant for years but rears its ugly head just when you really need a break – in times of high stress. I had a wide band of blisters around the right [...]
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Christmas: shingles or jingles?
Posted in Holidays, Uncategorized on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Christmas Surprise
Posted in Holidays, Life enricher on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The gifts covered in red and green paper and hiding in bell-shaped gift sacks no longer sat under the tree. Their contents had been opened and enjoyed with much elation days before. Little did I know I was about to witness my greatest surprise of the season. You know the feeling…we had experienced the high [...]
