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anniescholl
Jan 19, 20183 min read
Old and irrelevant: Embracing negative thoughts and letting them go
[This column was first published in Radish Magazine, July 5, 2017.] I’m getting old. I know it by the calendar — I turned 54 in May. I...
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anniescholl
Dec 5, 20162 min read
Lessons in a Sunflower
My friend Delise would have been 54 today. But complications of something called Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)...
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anniescholl
Nov 14, 20152 min read
Stop the War Within
It’s Day 4 of using my Fitbit to the fullest. Given what happened in Paris yesterday, it feels ridiculous, insignificant and narcissistic...
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anniescholl
Aug 25, 20152 min read
Life & Death
This blog posted on Huffington Post on 09-02-15. My friend is fighting for her life. Prayer requests are going out and prayers are going...
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anniescholl
Oct 14, 20145 min read
Finding the Courage to Ask for Help
Toni Aldrich Church loved her breasts. They were 36 DD. They defined her femininity. “They were the eye-catcher,” she said. She took care...
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anniescholl
Aug 12, 20142 min read
Making Sense of the Senseless
I don’t know Robin Williams, but like everyone else, I feel like I did. So when I heard the news that he had died of an apparent suicide,...
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anniescholl
Feb 5, 20142 min read
Courage at the Gym
From my perch on the treadmill at the local rec center I watched her, alone, in the gym below me. She stood out, a young person, maybe...
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