Aspergillus: a ubiquitous fungal spore In my early 40s two events threatened my life. First, my sinuses were blocked solid for 5 months. I could not breathe through my nose. Radical ethmoidectomy (removal of nasal turbinates in the ethmoid sinuses with a chisel) is dangerous because bone between sinus & brain is thinner than eggshell…

#Day 45 — Elizabeth Gilmore’s Things I Like to Draw — Ragga the Rooster Laying down the crowing beats Top of the morning I pulled out an oldie for today’s prompt. My creative pen didn’t feel like playing after a couple of intense days this week. Adulting with a layer of parenting mishaps the trigger for an emotional rollercoaster ride. Long…

# Day 43 — Elizabeth Gilmore’s Things I Like to Draw — Meet Pete — Pete the Peanut, that is. Pete has been showing up here and there over the last year and a bit. After an intensive period of following the trail of feedback and getting some amazing help with design and editing, I let Pete sit and percolate. Time to…

Planting a seed to grow a glowing resource — To be seen To be heard For emotions to be conferred To feel like you aren’t alone Navigating the unknown Finding words of another An empowering way to discover A circle of support and care Challenges become lighter to bear Energy left for healing Instead of despair Forev -a-bility A…

Sharing a joke — or is that a yolk?! — Mum sends funny jokes When life gets too serious Laughter is the best If my mum senses life is getting too serious for anyone — she will send the funnies in to try and snap them out of it. Inappropriate at times, but always sent with the intention of lightheartedness…

UPFRONT DISCLAIMER: I am simply a parent making observations and sharing them as food for thought, NOT as proven facts or advice — As I went to reply to him along the lines of – wow, so there could be a thread of connection to vaccines… there was a reply from him – An admission maybe? Now I have a few hunches about environmental impacts and potential root causes of allergies and anaphylaxis. …

I was barefoot and wallet-less the day I found out my daughter, Billie, had an anaphylactic reaction to peanuts. Eggs and most tree nuts were added to the “prone to anaphylactic reaction” list in the coming months. Was expecting to do a quick pick up from my parent's house, head…

The Present Is All We Have — “The only true thing is what’s in front of you right now.” ― Ramona Ausubel, No One Is Here Except All of Us My journey with mold spore allergies began when I was a teenager. I remember sneezing, being congested, and feeling tired a lot from time to time. …