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60. “It’s okay if the answer’s ‘No.'”

63. Everything is *Completely* Under Control

67. Happenstance

It’s Okay if the Answer’s “No.” | Happenstance | Everything is Completely Under Control

Why I Have Hope

115. How to Fight the Good Fight

134. A Whole Other Way of Seeing Things

138. How to Laugh when you Really Feel Like Crying

Ch. 10 – The Turning Point

123. Don’t You Care? | This was the first time I heard myself play the piano (I’m still sitting at the keyboard) and I heard what I sounded like.

165. How to Get a Heart Tranplant

Don’t You Care? | How to Get a Heart Transplant | How to Fight the Good Fight| How to Laugh when you really Feel Like Crying | ch. 10 – The Turning Point (sample from Learning How, Vol 1) | A Whole Other Way of Seeing Things

My Favorite Recipes – Usually grain free with no sugar added.

199. Roasted Carrot Soup

196. So Simple: PB Zucchini Brownies [Grain Free, Vegan]

192. How to make Simple Cashew Cream

189. Coconut Flour Banana Bread [Grain Free, NSA]

171. PB2 Mug Cake

Katie’s Red Velvet Brownies

Hi, ESL!

130. Flourless Peanut Butter Muffins

Dairy Free, Vegan Stuffed Portabellas

Flourless PB Muffins | Life Skills Lasagna | Roasted Carrot Soup | Simple Cashew Cream | Coconut Flour Banana Bread | Katie’s Red Velvet Brownies | PB2 Mug Cake | PB Zucchini Brownies | Stuffed Portabellas

Also helpful:

132. 10 Tips for the Disabled Cook

145. Illness, Body Image, and Why I Eat the Way I Do.

I ❤ RecoveryLand

152. 10 Tips for Learning How to Walk

149. Why I Choose Therapy

127. How to Enjoy the Rehabilitation Process

59. I’m not doing that.

73. Stronger

This was when I wasn’t even a pirate – I closed both eyes as often as I could.

How to Enjoy the Rehabilitation Process | Why I Choose Therapy |10 Tips for Learning How to Walk Again | I’m Not Doing That | Stronger | Pirate!

Skills from my Old Life:

Visiting 101 – part I

This was my after my undergraduate ceremony at Georgetown (COL ’02) V’s parents brought us all leis from California.

288. A Teachable Spirit

Food For Thought :Launching a Business part 1 | How to Interview Well | Ed’s Career Advice | Hospital Visitation part 1

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My Favorites from 1-99:

I’ve decided to start categorizing posts.  I am a very prolific producer of the written word so there are a lot of posts to sort through.  If you’re looking for a sampling, here are some of my favorites from posts 1-99.

RIO’s Therapeutic Garden (3rd Hospital)

Business School
	81.  Blue Pools of Serenity
	87.  No Modeling in Public
	80.  Prague
	14.  The Class Cream puff
This wasn’t an accident
	67.  Happenstance
	64.  Thoroughly Movie-Ready
	51.  “I see this very well…”
	60.  It’s okay if the answer is “No.”
	99.  Mirror Image
In the News
	61.  American Folk Hero:  It’s Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed…and Gabby!
	24.  Experience
I didn’t know how nice people can be until I got sick.
	50.  A cup of water
	9.  Can I hold your hand, please? (What’s your name?)
Things I learned from Therapy
	36.  Eyes OPEN
	33.  Are you using your core?!
	20.  Looking for the blank spaces
	11.  Wok Breath
	69.  Williamsburg
Things I learned in the Hospital
	18.  Dad, tell me that thing again…
	10.  I got voted off the island.
	52.  Will you take care of me?

Ann Ning Learning How