by Jamie Holloway | May 15, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
“To live, to err, to fall, to triumph, to re-create life out of life!” James Joyce Re-creating life out of life, what a thought! Is it possible? Do I have the strength, endurance, and enough dirt to create a new life out of the shambles that I have now? I...
by Jamie Holloway | May 14, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Every time I went on my Facebook page I kept getting messages popping up telling me to stay strong, stay positive, keep fighting, or find the beauty in the ugliest of days. I think God is telling me something. I have been feeling like crud. My writing...
by Jamie Holloway | May 11, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
You were probably wondering why I haven’t written for the last couple of days. I was in the hospital fighting an infection just below my trach. Wednesday evening around 5 PM I noticed that the infection was growing even after I started my antibiotics. It got so...
by Jamie Holloway | May 8, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Yesterday morning I woke up with a new problem brewing. Just below my stoma there lurked an infection. It looked like a bruise, so when Myron came he suggested we go to the urgent care center on Main Street here in Vancouver Washington. I couldn’t get a hold of...
by Jamie Holloway | May 7, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
My neighbor and I were discussing the Cinderella complex and the movie “Tangled” came up. I love “Tangled. I enjoy the story line. Here is why. Rapunzel is stuck in a fortress of doom and dread. Bored out of her mind while the woman who she believes is her mother uses...
by Jamie Holloway | May 6, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
I have been resting this weekend. I will be having a long week of appointments and then next Monday is my chemo treatment and then of course another assessment so I can get back into therapy. The month of May is a busy time for me. I wish that energy could be stored...
by Jamie Holloway | May 4, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
Today I thought I would share a couple of songs that I listen to while I am moving for my health. To be honest I have not been moving like I should lately, because I feel like I am so out of shape, so out of balance that I will never be where I would like to see...
by Jamie Holloway | May 3, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
A few months ago I read Jim Nicolai’s book “Integrative Wellness” and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In his book he talked about his spa he worked for and this is that spa. “Mindful Living” takes each month of the year and focus’ on one aspect of health. For example,...
by Jamie Holloway | May 2, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
“Every year 97 percent of your body is completely replaced, even the structure of your DNA in your genes, reconstructed entirely from the nutrients we eat. The quality of those nutrients determines the quality of your renewed cellular structure, the level of which it...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey
I am happy to report that my doctor visit yesterday went well. I didn’t need any shots to my stoma this time. The doctor said “we dodged a bullet”. What he means by this is that when I got the staph infection like all infection inflammation arises to conquer the...
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