IN THE YEAR AFTER I HAD COVID On New Years’ Day 2021 I was taken by ambulance to Sparrow hospital. My oxygen saturation had fallen stupid low. I was admitted to the COVID ward. I’d been in the ER 36 hours earlier for IV fluids. A chest X-ray showed COVID pneumonia. I’d missed the 10-dayContinueContinue reading “My year of COVID recovery and my hope for you in 2022”
Author Archives: Sonya Schryer Norris
About that time my brother broke a kid’s jaw…
When we were kids growing up in Virginia, there was a city park across the street. My brother Albacore and I, and all our friends, played there. The city staffed the park in the summers and they’d bring out crafts and games and sports equipment. I made our mom some KICK ASS plastic bead bracelets,ContinueContinue reading “About that time my brother broke a kid’s jaw…”
I double dog dare *you* to eat healthy breakfasts with us
I’ve been on Noom since January, and I’ve lost 56 pounds. Yup, it’s pretty great. I’ve hit a plateau, though, and my Noom coach recommended changing up my breakfasts. I got buy-in from Snuggles, who is a breakfast evangelist, to go with a Family Plan on this one. This week, we are trying five new,ContinueContinue reading “I double dog dare *you* to eat healthy breakfasts with us”
The Snakelady sells feathers to small children
I have been enjoying getting to know my nieces and nephews this last year. They are, when taken objectively and as a whole, the most brilliant and appealing littles ever born on the face of the planet earth. Yesterday, my nephew Maximum M visited with his ‘rents and his grand-‘rent. He’s six. He performed aContinueContinue reading “The Snakelady sells feathers to small children”
The Finer Points of Delivering a Presentation
I give my share of presentations. And I have my share of presentation anxiety. This spring, I gave six of ’em. The audiences ranged in size from ten attendees, to 500. I was preparing for one of my last presentations of the season. My topic skirted the tech field and I was worried that we’dContinueContinue reading “The Finer Points of Delivering a Presentation”
Medal of Honor Ceremony
https://youtu.be/RtjoFaLiqSU If I had more time to blog right now, I would compose a post about the YouTube video embedded here where President Biden awards the Medal of Honor to Korean War Veteran Ralph Puckett Jr. That post would gracefully tell you that: The Prime Minister of South Korea was there. Cool.President Biden helped Mr.ContinueContinue reading “Medal of Honor Ceremony”
A Moment in Family History
Last night, hubby and I started an audio book. We were looking for “something good” and came across: Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Created the Middle Class by Edward McClelland (Author), Jeff Zinn (Narrator) That sounds great! I thought. I have a complicated relationship with the cities of DetroitContinueContinue reading “A Moment in Family History”
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