UNDER THE WILL… OVER THE DRAMA…

Tag: health

  • Before Tea, Don’t Ask…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Well, WP… really? You’re asking me how I feel this early? That’s cheeky. None of your business, honestly. It’s far too early in the morning for poking and prodding about my “feelings.” At this hour, I’m still negotiating with Heff over who owns the sunny patch on the floor, and I haven’t even decided what…

  • The Quiet That Saved Me…

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    Mae Faurel
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    It is funny how the word habit often gets a bad rap. We tend to think of it as something dull or mechanical, brushing teeth, checking emails, biting your nails. Something we do without thinking. But habits are much more than unconscious repetition. They’re patterns we carve into our days, grooves in time, and, over…

  • Conversations with the Dead and Other Time Thieves…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Daily Writing prompt: Which activities make you lose track of time? Now that’s a good question! Though, as usual with me, there’s never a straight answer. 😂 It depends on the day, the mood, and what sort of nonsense the universe has decided to fling my way. Some days it’s overthinking, and before you know…

  • Early Birds, Old Dogs, and Murphy’s Law….

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    Mae Faurel
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    Daily Writing Prompt: What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? When do I go to bed and wake up? Well, like most things in my life, it depends. I always wake up to the sound of birds singing in summertime. There’s something about that early chorus that pulls me out of…

  • Episode 86 – Turf Wars…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Turf Wars: Post-Op and Preyed On… I came home to heal. He came to conquer. One week in the hospital. Surgery. Painkillers. IV drips. Kind strangers held my hand and helped me sit up. A near-death experience, and somehow… peace. I returned home tender, stitched, and craving only silence, a cuppa, and my turf stove.…

  • Bitten, Broken, and Born Again…

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    Mae Faurel
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    Daily Writing Prompt: Have you ever had surgery? What For? I have… more than once. But one in particular changed everything. As a child, I had the usual childhood bugs – or so I was told. Nothing major. As an adult, I stayed pretty healthy… until the female stuff started. Two surgeries later, I was…

  • Dirty Laundry? Nah – Just My Truth…

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    Mae Faurel
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    So today, I was chatting with a few people about life, you know, the usual mix of good, bad, and bloody ridiculous. My blog came up, as it tends to when people realize I’ve got opinions and, worse, that I’m not afraid to use them. Someone threw a question my way that caught me a…

  • So… Who Ordered This Reality?

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    Mae Faurel
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    So… Who Ordered This Reality? – I’d Like to Return It… You ever wake up and feel like you’ve been dropped into someone else’s Netflix drama? Like you’re just casually existing and then – bam – you’re starring in ‘Gaslight Manor: A Family Tragedy with Occasional Farm Tools’. Today, I looked around and thought: How…

  • Episode 26 -The Turf War (No, Literally)

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    Mae Faurel
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    Saturday was one of those rare days when something actually went right. I got turf – real, solid, honest-to-goodness turf. I stacked it carefully in the garage, the way you do when you’re trying to keep things dry, neat and under your own control for once. A small act of self-respect, really. Turf in the…