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  • Broken Hearted

    I talk about my heart a lot. I talk about how it works, and how it doesn’t and all the ways it is not typical. My heart is a special heart, it is it’s own little science experiment, my personal Frankenstein’s monster. People ask me about my heart a lot, they wonder about how it…

  • Pressing Play

    For the last six months I have been scared. If you asked me in person how I’ve been of course wouldn’t just come out and say it, but while my mouth was busy saying “Oh, I’ll make it.” my brain has been shouting “I’M FREAKING OUT MAN!”. Getting defibrillated shocked me you guys. Pun intended. It…

  • Circle

        Two months ago I had the wind knocked out of me both literally and figuratively and since then, things haven’t been quite the same. It shouldn’t have been a surprise when after four years living with my ICD (internal cardiac defibrillator) it finally had it’s first go at “thumping” me. I was on a…

  • Hello.

    My instinct, with a title like that is to immediately type the lyrics to either an Adele or Lionel Richie song but I don’t think my passionate vocal interpretation of either song could be done justice via text alone. I will spare you. This time. My name is Monica, but you can call me Mo.…

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