Blog entries by GarnettRose

There’s an activity I do with the children in my office that helps them to paint the picture of their emotions. I give them a palette in the hopes that they will create a rainbow of feeling words. I tell them that there are 6 core emotions that each person on this earth feels, happiness, anger...

I'm writing this out on my phone because I really don't have another option lol. My darling and I are on our flight home from TKLV as I am typing this out in the dark. It's a late flight that won't have us home until midnight, but it was worth it to spend just a few more hours around people I...

When you get hurt, more than just a bruise or a broken bone. No one prepares you for the overwhelming optimism that will inevitably pour over you like a blinding flood. It's hard to accept when your body's been permanently changed. 5 years post-injury and I am still struggling at times to make...

Spending the afternoon in the ER is not how I thought I would spend this fine autumn day, but alas, it is how fate has chosen for me to spend my time. There is nothing more banal than a waiting room. I find it funny that the place we receive the best and worst news of our lives is spent in quiet...

Grief is fickle and confusing. The word itself brings to mind only one thing, loss. The loss of a family member or loss of a loved one. Hell, I've grieved my fair share of jobs whether I left them by choice or by force. I grieved the loss of my physical ability. It pains me more than I can speak...