kelly keenaMay 21, 20225 minsit-your-ass-down disease.Outside in the world, I move quickly, urgently through my to-do lists. Until I have to sit my ass down.
kelly keenaMay 1, 20226 minmis-fortune teller.Chronic illness brings a special skill - that of seeing and feeling terrible events that will probably never happen.
kelly keenaDec 7, 20213 mintipping the scales and writing again.I stopped writing because I was edging on perpetuating more fear than love.
kelly keenaJun 1, 20216 minholes + chronic healing.Healing is the longest stage. It is the stage that bears the heaviest burden and is discussed the least.
kelly keenaDec 23, 20202 mina new winter solstice.The winter solstice feels sacred to me always, but this year it was simply cathartic. Possibly because of the great conjunction of Saturn...
kelly keenaSep 19, 20203 minyear of the robins.Perseverance makes total sense to me. And I know the meaning of a bird by someone I don’t know isn’t science. It is hope.
kelly keenaJul 24, 20203 minlaying with a dying dog.Laying with a dying dog is humbling. A keen reminder that each of the breaths that cause the rise and fall of his ribs is priceless. A gift.
kelly keenaMay 26, 20204 minbecause it's invisible.If and when I choose to go out, in my mask, and I cough, what will happen?
kelly keenaMay 17, 20206 minlearning to feelMoths, zombie fungus, and ocean waves. You’ll see what I mean.
kelly keenaApr 26, 20206 minwhat is resilience?it’s a word I am hearing more and more. I worry that like other big, densely packed words, we will overuse it without meaning or context...
kelly keenaApr 19, 20204 minthere is no liberationthis is so hard. resilience is not forced. it’s not wo/man-handled into existence. it rides along with persistence and patience.
kelly keenaApr 16, 202010 mincovid negativebut fevers have changed. with the symptoms of covid-19 across the info-sphere, it is impossible to ignore that fevers mean something else.
kelly keenaApr 5, 202010 minstory from the ventilatorit’s a shock. it’s all sensation. it’s complete surrender to strangers in layers of protective gear (hopefully. dear god, hopefully.)
kelly keenaMar 29, 20203 mindig in and cocooneach species has its own version of this story. we need our own collective version of this story.
kelly keenaMar 25, 20203 minpatience and sitting your ass downI am not of the mind that this virus is a blessing. I know viruses well enough to know that is hardly the case. Instead, perhaps this time o
kelly keenaMar 18, 20202 minlisten for the birdsnature lends healing and support to our mental well-being, especially in challenging times.
kelly keenaMar 13, 20202 minCF in the time of coronavirussocial distancing is not a new term. ask someone with cystic fibrosis.
kelly keenaMar 4, 20203 minwithout failtwo hours. every morning. routines are critical to my success as a human and well-being as a patient.