Xanax?
Posted: May 6, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: creative, disability, stress
I had an appointment with Dr LeMauviel, my primary care physician, yesterday for a blood test to make sure the thyroid medication I’m taking is the correct strength. The appointment usually takes all of 10 minutes but this time she wanted to talk to me. To my chagrin, I waited for an hour for she […]
Read more...“Hope Arises!”
Posted: April 24, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
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Last Tuesday there was an Earth Day Celebration called “Hope Arises” at Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville. Here is a picture of the clergy present who signed a letter to Duke Energy about closing their power plant. I wore my red stole as I did for the Moral Monday protests because we need the Spirit […]
Read more...“Always Go to the Funeral”
Posted: April 17, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
The sermon on Palm Sunday (April 13, 2014) at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church was called “Always Go to the Funeral.” I remember thinking, “Okay Mark (Ramsey), what does going to a funeral have to do with Palm Sunday?” I decided to go with it anyway for he often comes up with thought provoking titles. He […]
Read more...Care Partner
Posted: April 14, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
I’m making plans to attend the Institute on Theology and Disability in Dallas in June of this year. Although it is an expensive trip, I really want to go. It’s one of the few places where I feel valued for my insights as a person with a disability. I know I am respected for what […]
Read more...Walls
Posted: March 27, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: memory
I’m writing a lot about the pool this month because I miss not being able to swim laps. I spoke with someone in the locker room at the Y this week who told me it’s been three years since she has been able to exercise fully. That helped put my situation in perspective, although I’m […]
Read more...Being a mind reader
Posted: March 24, 2014 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Lent
In his book A Lenten Hobo Honeymoon, Ed Hays tells a story about a traveler in the Missouri Ozarks who stopped at a general store, in front of which a hound dog sat howling its head off. The traveler asked a man standing outside the store, “Why’s that hound dog howling so much?” He replied, […]
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