Tori's Blog
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My Personal Reinvention: Part 3 (of 3)
Friday, December 11th, 2009
I am heading home now, having stayed an extra day. A perfectly wonderful extra day. Thinking a lot, as usual, I sit quietly in the dark on the plane, wishing I could fall asleep. I am instead listening, in my… -
My Personal Reinvention: Part 2 (of 3)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Sunday – 12 noon:
I am sitting on a US Airways flight taking a trip that I have cancelled and rescheduled 3 times in the last 6 days, twice being in the last 8 hours (yes, you can kind of…
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My Personal Reinvention: Part 1 (of 3)
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
I seem to have had a revelation today. And that is that if I am to truly write a blog, it is going to have to be completely genuine (which it has been), but what that really means is…
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Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Long Weekend
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
I am thankful for so many things. Enjoying time with family, friends and loved ones is, of course, so important. We enjoyed that very much. We also spent time with and helped feed our community in San Francisco who don’t… -
Good Shoulder Report
Friday, November 20th, 2009Just a quick note to say that my shoulder is healing really well. The pain is MUCH better and I will not be having surgery just now. I may in fact do it in the future because it may not…
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Pain
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Pain is such an interesting and complex subject. For so many reasons. How it feels is entirely personal, it has some cultural influence, and how we deal with it is greatly affected by our previous experiences, our level of… -
Uh Oh… No Time For an Injury
Sunday, November 8th, 2009I hurt my arm. My shoulder, actually. I mean really hurt it. I slipped down the stairs, on a normal morning (last Friday) and bam, an entire series of repercussions have appeared. I instinctively put my arm…
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Celebrity Scientists? I Don’t Think So
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
I get fired up about things. Those closest to me definitely know this. Those I often meet for the first time, quickly learn this. I teach Alexander that his passions and his beliefs matter. And that having his own…
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Lots of Book News
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Earlier this week, I had such a great experience. A woman came into the hospital, in labor, actually carrying a copy of the book. My book. I said hello to her and she looked at me with a funny expression… -
When Things Don’t Go As Planned: Preeclampsia
Monday, October 5th, 2009As I continue the discussion on home-birth I’d like to share with you my experience with Alexander’s birth. It is an excellent example of how unexpectedly things can change.
I was really…
