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Making lemonade from formidable lemons…

23 Friday Oct 2015

Posted by Yvonne Montgomery in Hope, Life

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Earlier this year I wrote here about our daughter’s stay at the Michigan Head-Pain and Neurological Institute. (Taking a long walk off a short pier and And then you find a bridge, both on view below.) Misty’s had many ups and downs since she returned to Colorado, but to date she’s had the same migraine for eleven+ months and it’s taking a toll.

While it hurts to see her paring down her life due to her illness, it makes me proud to witness Misty’s determination to maintain the things closest to her heart. She lavishes love and support on family and friends, but helping the denizens of the Colorado Prairie is her passion. She doesn’t have the energy to work at her job and to volunteer for the prairie as well. Her solution is to try to raise the money to get paid for doing what she loves.

Misty has created a Crowdrise campaign to generate the money to pay her to work half-time for the coyotes and tarantulas, the pronghorn and painted turtles, and her beloved prairie dogs of the Southern Plains Land Trust during the upcoming year. If you would like to participate in helping Misty raise the funds to meet her goal, please click on the link below.

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You can follow Misty’s campaign at http://lawandmotherhood.com/20…/…/21/donate-and-enter-to-win

Thanks so much for the love and support shown to Misty this year.

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And then you find a bridge…

02 Thursday Apr 2015

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Old vintage wooden walking bridge over sea waterIt’s been nearly a week since our daughter Misty returned from the Michigan Head-Pain & Neurological Institute. With her she brought a couple of diagnoses,  a management plan, and strategies for life style changes and coping mechanisms. You notice I don’t use the word “cure.” There is none. She is among a small group of people who chronically have migraines and who must manage their conditions, much like diabetics manage their blood sugars. She has a long and winding road ahead of her, but her experience in Michigan provides a bridge from lack of information to some understanding and a path forward. I’m grateful for that.

I’m also grateful to family and friends who have shared prayers, good wishes, and love during this ongoing crisis. Thank you all so much.

Happy Spring to us all.

 

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Writers need all the help they can get–at least this one does…

31 Wednesday Jul 2013

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And I read a post from Writers in the Storm today where I found some.  For years I’ve gone through my copy carefully for repeated words because I always find them.  Something about choosing a word is a signal to my brain to reuse it. Waste not, want not, right? As a reader I hate repetition, so it’s the last thing I want to commit as a writer. WITS has provided the names of several sites where such misdeeds can be caught, counted, and dealt with. And I’m grateful.  Do yourself a favor and click on the link below.  Cheers!

What is an “Echo?” Tips To Axe These Repeat Offenders.

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