Poetry Friday: The Unfaithful

The Unfaithful

Arch over torrent,

concrete backbends over lies

pumping and gushing.

Lorie Ann Grover, 2012

Poetry Friday: Water Falling

Water Falling

Leaning out over

the river, the tumble rush

swirls my curved heart clean.

by Lorie Ann Grover, 2012

Poetry Friday: Twenty-Seven Years

Twenty-Seven Years

White light glances blue,

illuminating our love

caught in this moment.

Lorie Ann Grover, 2012

Photo by Martha Brockenbrough

Rock the Drop, 2012!

 

How are you rocking the drop? Which book are you leaving for another to find? Post your photo at the readergirlz facebook page and tweet #rockthedrop. I's a perfect day to share your love of YA lit!

If you discover a book left in a public gathering place, nab it and tweet your fabbity find.

Here's to a great day!

Poetry Friday: Glory

Blackened in the light,

we are caught in the glory 

that is yet to come.

Lorie Ann Grover, 2012

The Rheumatoid Factor: Pink Terminator Tape

Haven't posted in the Rheumatoid Factor since September, so now seems a good time. After 14 years of focusing on my bones and rheumatoid arthritis, lupus is flaring and inflaming my tendons. Two doctors and one occupational therapist have said, "I've never seen anything like this before..."

So back to the interweb to educate myself. Reading about lupus, reading about splenomegaly (enlarged spleen), low lymphocites and high neutrophils. There's so much to understand in order to redefine normal.

I'm thankful, thankful, thankful for my occupational therapist, who would be asking right now if I'm icing between paragraphs. She thought to try this amazing kinesio tex tape. It covers each tendon and pulls the skin away so the synovial fluid can flow more easily. Translation: YAY! I feel like a pink Terminator. 

As the weeds grow, and the car sits more frequently in the driveway, as I ask for more help, I know there will be good to be found. Maybe even someone else will be helped by this tape. Now, off for the ice!