Enjoying An Irish Coffee Date

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Welcome to the August 2026 edition of the Ultimate Coffee Date—a blogger link up Deborah and I host the first Friday of every month so we can catch up on all the things as if we were having coffee. This … Continue reading

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Hesitating On The Road To Recovery

There’s no doubt about it. After three weeks of physical therapy and two shockwave treatments, my hip is getting better. So why am I not jumping for joy? I think fear is making me hesitant as I progress along the road to recovery.

Why am I not more excited?

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Shocking The System

I had my first shockwave treatment for my hip this week and I’ve got my fingers crossed that it’s already working.

 

Please, please, please make my hip pain go away!

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A S-L-O-W Recovery Process

This week I got a glimmer of hope that my hip is getting better, but my physical therapy appointment showed me that it will be a slow recovery process—literally.

Scooby’s content to be walking in this weather,
but my hair seems to be protesting something.

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Another Flight, Another Hike

This week I made it through the last of my summer business trips. Traveling always disrupts my schedule, but my overnight trip to California was a doozy! It wasn’t San Fransisco cool when I got home, but it was cool enough for a solid hike this weekend.

One of the many creek crossings on the Bull Run Occoquan Trail.
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