Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

I SUBMITTED my book!! That means I submitted the first fifty pages and detailed summaries of every chapter, plus a summary of the book as a whole to She Writes Press. It is a hybrid publishing company so somewhere in between self-publishing and going through a traditional publisher. I still need them to accept my… Read more »

I know this update is coming later than usual. This morning a friend of mine who does myofascial restructuring was working with me, Sarah, and Amy. I had worked with him once already to help my right leg and as of a few days ago I was noticeably moving more smoothly and comfortably than I… Read more »

My right leg continues to not be as easily functional as it was even a few months ago. I don’t know if it was overdoing exercises and PT and or my fall. But I’m definitely not walking as well, painlessly, or as far as I was before. This has been disheartening and worrying. I just… Read more »

When Sarah swims she rarely gets the full arm movement going and I often think it is helpful for a teacher to physically move her arms for her so she can get the feeling. So far her current teacher hasn’t done that and I haven’t yet suggested it. This past Monday the swim teacher was… Read more »

Sometimes I think life is like a game of Headbands where we are all trying to figure out who we are based on input from others. Occasionally we have to know that how someone else is responding to us is really showing us the card on their head rather than our own, but sometimes I… Read more »

We have a new oven but…. the hole in the kitchen island was not a standard size so… our oven is plugged in and works but it is not where it needs to reside. We need a counter cutter to trim the tiniest bit of granite. But at least the oven works. My hipversary was… Read more »

The panda? The panda on the wall? It is very sad today! For weeks Sarah has been asking how the panda picture on her wall would feel when she and Amy were away for Amy’s birthday bash sleepover at Anna’s. We have been predicting that the panda would feel sad, forlorn, bereft, and dismayed. And… Read more »

Firstly, why did it take me years to notice the pants-wearing discrepancy in Daniel Tiger? I understand that some cartoon animals wear shirts (Donald Duck) and some wear pants (Mickey Mouse), but why do Daniel Tiger and his dad only wear tops but the mom tiger wears a shirt and pants?! Sarah’s school celebrated Dr…. Read more »

Last week the muscles around my left hip were not happy after an intense workout with my trainer. It took a couple days plus some work from one of my students before I felt normal. Then out of the blue I was hurting again. Then I got better. Then I saw my trainer again and… Read more »

Monday was so warm that Sarah decided to wear shorts to her swim lesson, but since it was also not as warm as it could be, she wore boots. As Anna said, “at last, it’s shorts and boots weather!” Swim lessons are going well for Sarah, and I can now keep up with Amy in… Read more »