life challenges Archives - Virginia A. Simpson

25 Sep, 2022

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead

Virginia Admin2022-09-25T07:34:17-07:00Sep 25th, 2022|Categories: Life Lessons|Tags: blood clots, blood tests, CT scan, Exercise, Health, Healthy eating, hospitals, life challenges, Love, MRI, P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, physical challenges, portal vein thrombosis, PVT|

Endoscopic view of flowing red blood cells in a vein, illustration In the early 1970s, I read P.S. Your Cat Is Dead, a novel by James Kirkwood, Jr. [...]

13 Dec, 2019

The Greatest Gift

Virginia Admin2021-08-24T22:35:12-07:00Dec 13th, 2019|Categories: Life Lessons|Tags: attitude, birthdays, death, gratitude, greatest gift, hospital, life challenges, life lessons, Love, Sadness, surgery|

After a night of limited sleep, I woke up on a four-foot long hospital couch and greeted my 70th birthday. I wore the longest inverted crescent moon frown I can [...]