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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 photo shoot, I was playing with a kid getting him to smile in spite of his instance not to, he was good but I was better. Sure, that smile only came as my physical comedy got more involved but it came and once I had it I was determined to keep it going, my body however had another plan.

Silence. That is what I remember, it was just so quiet. All the noise of cars going by, and the kid laughing at me, and my fellow photographer talking, it all faded to nothing. My vision went from bright white to deep black, and then at once came back with a tremendous thud in my chest. It hurt, it hurt like nothing I’d ever felt before, not the worst pain of my life kind of hurt, but a hurt I had never experienced and couldn’t describe to you accurately if I had unlimited time and words. The best I can come up with is hitting your funny bone, with a sledgehammer, while grabbing hold of an electric fence, while licking a nine-volt battery. It was impact and electricity at once.

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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. If you are currently reading this site, the odds are good that you already knew that. If you are new, hello! Was it me you’re looking for? That is an actual question not just a song lyric, did you mean to click this page? What brings you here? Did my mother send you? She can be overly proud sometimes.

Anyway, new friend, old friend, unknown being from planet Blurg who is reading this for a school report on humans in the year 3048, welcome.

I’m not sure what I’m doing here, but I’m here and really that has been my story from the start. I’m just someone who see things a little differently and sometimes likes to write those things down. My sister once described me as the type of person who wears a cape with her roller skates, I think that is as much of an introduction as anyone really needs.

Welcome.