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Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/ 32 32 184530663 It’s Been Ten Years… So Why Am I (still) Alive? https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:11:32 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4367 On the day before Thanksgiving, 2013, in a closet-sized, moldy-smelling exam room, a University of Michigan pulmonologist confirmed my fear: the shortness of breath I’d been experiencing was due to a rare, progressive, degenerative, and often terminal lung disease, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Paul and I sobbed the entire drive home from Ann Arbor. Not surprisingly, a […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/feed/ 10 4367 A Movie or a Movement? https://cindydeboer.com/2023/08/17/a-movie-or-a-movement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-movie-or-a-movement https://cindydeboer.com/2023/08/17/a-movie-or-a-movement/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:54:59 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4358 While America salutes and spars over “Barbenheimer,” I decided to circle a different wagon and checked out the Sound of Freedom. And Whoa. Just Whoa. Spoiler alert – the movie is about trafficking children for sex and make no mistake about it, there’s nothing “entertaining” or “comfortable” about those two hours and fifteen minutes. And […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/08/17/a-movie-or-a-movement/feed/ 3 4358 Leaky Breasts and Other Hot Messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2023 20:56:02 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4332 Recently, while at work at the psychiatric hospital, I caught a glimpse of myself in a patient’s bathroom mirror and noticed a large wet spot on my t-shirt just below my left breast. It was an odd location for a spill, but I chalked it up to my clumsiness and threw on a hoodie to […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/04/13/leaky-breasts-and-other-hot-messes/feed/ 2 4332 Do You and I Have Blood-Dripping Fangs? https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:57:59 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4320 Paul and I have a Libyan friend who, despite growing up in nearly 100% Muslim Libya and being raised by a devout Muslim family, converted to Christianity as a young adult after learning about Jesus on Christian satellite radio. Our friend, whom I’ll call Mourad, (his life would literally be in jeopardy if his Christianity […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/07/21/do-you-and-i-have-blood-dripping-fangs/feed/ 3 4320 It’s Time To Turn In Our Shoelaces https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:58:21 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4310 I am a psychiatric nurse at a mental hospital. The single most important objective at the hospital – one that every single employee can tell you verbatim – is to keep people safe when they are at risk to harm themselves or others. We offer many other helpful services beyond that one objective; but primarily, […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/06/09/its-time-to-turn-in-our-shoelaces/feed/ 7 4310 Same Kind of Wounds as Me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=same-kind-of-wounds-as-me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:13 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4302 I noticed her and those tell-tale marks on her face from far across the room. At the first break of our writer’s conference, I ran over to her, breathless with anticipation. “Hey, I don’t mean to be weird or anything, but I notice that you have nasal cannula indentations on your cheeks, and I know […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/feed/ 20 4302 Ode To A Lumpy Body https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ode-to-a-lumpy-body https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:33:30 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4290 Hairy legs and sun-burnt nose When at the beach, anything goes. Unbrushed teeth and happy-hour drinks This much I know: my breath stinks. Fish for dinner plus a fruity potion Diet be damned, I'm at the ocean. Sand in my bed, and in my salt-fried hair, Sir, what is the time? Wait. Why do I […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/02/18/ode-to-a-lumpy-body/feed/ 16 4290 Invisibly Dying – A Lament For Those With Chronic Illness https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:01:17 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4275 Our ancient windows are no match for this stiff north wind. Our curtains tremble – just like me. Neighbors on both sides are sleeping. I know this for sure. These urban homes practically touch – holding hands across shared driveways - making daily routines no secret. But the rest of our quirky neighborhood will keep […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/01/15/invisibly-dying-a-lament-for-those-with-chronic-illness/feed/ 27 4275 Thanksgiving Eve Sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanksgiving-eve-sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:08 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4245 Sometimes holidays conjure up more pain and despair than joy and celebration. That’s true for me, anyway, on the day before Thanksgiving. It was 2013 and with the table set, the turkey stuffed, and pies complete, my husband and I spent the day before Thanksgiving driving to Ann Arbor to meet with a pulmonology specialist. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/feed/ 33 4245 What I Always Thought Was Right Is Wrong https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/05/what-i-always-thought-was-right-is-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-always-thought-was-right-is-wrong https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/05/what-i-always-thought-was-right-is-wrong/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2021 05:14:57 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4232 I have a friend who was raised in an atheist home surrounded by her atheist family, friends, and community. When she was in high school, she did a semester abroad and ended up on the other side of the Atlantic – in a CHRISTIAN home! My friend recalls how as time went on and the […]

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