So many voices these days are lifting up, crying out for more compassion and kindness in our society. It feels like we are bombarded with stories of division and anger and we are lacking in genuine human compassion. There are any number of things we can blame (media, politics, religious fanaticism, internet) but I really…
Happy New Year: Middle aged edition
Happy New Year! We welcome another year that will pass at the speed of light. I'm now having trouble keeping years and memories straight, there are just so damn many. Instead of clubs, heels, and cocktails my New Year's Eves are made up of family, food, and board game fun. It sure makes for an…
Happy Anniversary!
Happy anniversary! Or is it Happy Birthday? I'm not sure. Today is the one-year anniversary of my shattered ankle. Or the one year birthday of my Franken-foot janky-ankle, however you wish to see it. This morning I decided to drink my coffee at the scene of the crime. A subtle "Who's the Boss?" to the…
The Unwanted Gift that Keeps on Giving
All the king's horses and all the kings men couldn't put Humpty together again. Much like the surgeon and all his men on my shattered ankle. It turns out that when you destroy your bones and shred your soft tissue, it can't all be fixed in one surgery. Yes, I recovered to the point of…
I literally feel your pain!
Exactly 10 months ago I shattered my ankle. It's a great story, if you missed it click here. At the time it happened I scoured the internet for an injury just like mine. I could find lots of ankle fractures, a couple trimalleolar fractures, maybe a dislocation, but I could never find one so grotesquely…
That time I posted porn on the internet…
A few weeks back I was just chilling out on my deck, talking on the phone to a friend, looking out at our acreage and living my comfortable and predictable life. I saw something up by our garage that just didn't seem right. Still on the phone, I wandered over to investigate. There, half sticking…
Its a marathon, not a sprint.
Today is 5 months to the day from my accident resulting in a shattered ankle.  Five months can seem like a lifetime or it can pass in the blink of an eye. I feel like this past 5 months has simultaneously been both for me.  What do I have to show for these last five months?…
One small step for mankind…
One giant leap for Delaney Rhea! Today is three months exactly since my accident and shattered ankle. Three months is merely a drop in the bucket compared to a lifetime but it has gone by so very slowly for me. Progress is a fickle thing. Some days it is obvious and other days it seems…
Maybe you should pray for me…
When I was a little girl I thought prayer necessitated folded hands and kneeling bedside. The problem is that I was smart enough to know that monsters live under the bed, so I knew that kneeling next to the bed was just asking for it; prayers or not! Not much later in life I imagined…
Don’t be the bird in the bush
My mom has a beautiful and powerful saying, "Don't be the bird in the bush." It's a reference to a scene in Bambi. The hunters are coming through the woods and the animals run to hide. There are three quail hiding under a bush. Two of the birds remain calm and quiet while the third…
The Maniac's Menagerie 