February 2018 - Valerie Archual

Roller Coastin’ Through Recovery

February 23, 2018 Valerie Archual Comments 2 comments

During the weeks at cardiac rehab, the continuing unanswered question of the “heart scarring” still lingered in my mind, continuously haunting me… The plan was to have a local cardiologist who was experienced in reading heart MRI’s to read both the MRI in October that was done pre-surgery, and compare it with the “scarred” MRI done during my second hospital stay, post-surgery. Time had passed, the days turning into weeks, weeks turning into a month. It seemed like eternity while…

Tomorrow

February 16, 2018 Valerie Archual Comments 2 comments

We never know what a day holds, we can think we do, but we don’t. Not really. The alarm goes off, we crawl out of bed, jump in the shower, grab a swig of coffee if that’s your thing, feed the cats, dogs, kids or whatever living creatures we are responsible for, throw some clothes on, climb in the car, and we’re down the road to our jobs and daily obligations. We get home in the evening, scramble around to…

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told… Mine

February 9, 2018 Valerie Archual Comments 8 comments

For the sake of my children, I add this disclaimer so as not to gross them out too awful bad… This work is a piece of fiction. Any similarities to real people (or your parents) are purely coincidental…. I’ll be honest, right off the bat it wasn’t really a love-at-first-sight sorta thing for me. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he definitely caught my eye and all, ya know, especially with the whole long hair, rocker thing going….