by benforred | Jan 14, 2025 | Caregivers, Death, Family, Grief, Mental Health, PTSD, Survival, Symptoms
Jenny, Mama, and DaddyThe conceptions we create of our parents over time as we grow from children to adults can be quite interesting to say the least. We come to learn new details about our parents that challenge those long held perspectives we’ve built, leading...
by benforred | Jun 23, 2023 | Anniversaries, Family, Grief, Health, Mental Health, Pain, PTSD, Relationships, Surgery
I started this article as 2022 was coming to a close and I was reflecting on all that has transpired and what is presently at hand. I only now feel ready to publish it though as it has been a pretty intense 6 months of 2023 already! As I was reflecting on 2022, I had...
by benforred | Mar 30, 2022 | Cancer, Family, Health, Medical Procedures, Symptoms
This March, Colon Cancer Awareness Month, hits harder this year than those previous. Colon cancer runs in both sides of my family and as a person with the hereditary colon cancer syndrome, Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP), I particularly know the importance of...
by benforred | Nov 24, 2020 | Covid, Family, Friends, Holidays
As the year is drawing to an end and the holiday season has begun, it got me thinking about how different socializing is with my loved ones.The holiday season doesn’t hold much significance for me although my family does have its own traditions. For...
by benforred | Dec 6, 2019 | Family, Friends
Belongingness is a hierarchical, psychological need and socializing is an important part of that for everyone regardless of health. But that doesn’t mean we have to be in a near constant state of socializing with others, does it? I’m a bit of an...
by benforred | Nov 13, 2019 | Family, Friends, Mental Health, Stress
A few years ago I underwent an intensive transformative time as I was separating from the love of my life and in the midst of this heart wrenching, soul destroying period I was also losing others in my life I hadn’t expected. It was at this time that I wrote the...
