TheBanyanTree: Today

[Monique Colve]

I still exist, but I'm so so tired I don't know how. 

Xoxo

Monique
Sent from my iPad

> On Jul 22, 2021, at 11:23 PM, auntiesash via TheBanyanTree <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm so grateful that you posted here.  I'd have missed it otherwise and
> that would have been a great loss.   It has lifted my heart, this evening,
> to be  reminded that you exist.
> Xoxo
> Sash
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 3:06 PM Monique Colve via TheBanyanTree <
>> thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For those who don't follow me on FB.
>> 
>> 
>> I would like to tell you a story. But my mind is blank. My MRI shows a big
>> open space where my brain should be.
>> 
>> This is not where I expected to be at this age. I always thought I'd be
>> dead by now. But I'm obviously not. Anyone who has any sort of life
>> altering medical condition will know that it changes you. It can also
>> change the people around you. I used to have colleagues! But I'm a part
>> timer who is also damaged - I can't keep up with those rowdy people. Mostly
>> I miss the conferences. You haven't partied until you've partied with
>> accountants and bookkeepers. But I don't like to talk about accounting -
>> I'd rather talk behind peoples' backs. It's much more entertaining.
>> 
>> But here I am, living a fabulous life with a man who makes me laugh every
>> day and a dog who does the same. Usually not at the same time. I have lots
>> of time to read and lots of time to think about what I'd do with this house
>> if I had the energy or range of movement. Fortunately it's fine as is.
>> 
>> Since this is FB, I should be striving to make my life look FB awesome so
>> everyone can feel jealous. But it's not! All I wanted this year was to get
>> close to water and then get in it! I could fill up the bathtub, but it's
>> hard to get out of, and isn't exactly what I'd pictured. Then again, I have
>> to avoid direct sunlight, so five or ten minutes tops is all I can do.
>> 
>> It's a beautiful day here, so I might put on a blanket from head to toe
>> and sit outside with Ash for five minutes. Any longer than that and I start
>> breaking out in hives and skin cancer.
>> 
>> My life is beautiful. Even if I can't go for a walk in it right now.
>> 
>> xoxo
>> 
>> Monique
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
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