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Posted @withregram • @strictlybabble We’re abo

Posted @withregram • @strictlybabble We’re about to go live!
Stay tuned for Strictly Babble, an eclectic array of conversations between two women sharing their reactions to life. Yep, one is blind and deaf, and the other has POTS, but that doesn’t hold us back, there’s so much to say! ✨✨

#strictlybabble
#podcast
#podcasting
#podcastersofinstagram
#podcasters
#ordinary
#nothingisordinary
#nothingisimpossible
#life
#lifeisgood

When you’re walking behind a couple of (real?) w

When you’re walking behind a couple of (real?) witches in the cookie aisle at Whole Foods… and you’re waiting for things to get interesting. 🪄✨🎃🐈‍⬛🖤

#witch
#witchvibes
#realwitch
#bewitched
#halloween
#magic
#wholefoods
#cookies
#surprises

When I sat down to share my latest blog post on so

When I sat down to share my latest blog post on social, things started to get weird. I thought I was having a stroke…or was facing the early stages of a neurodegenerative disease…or was so exhausted from a pre-melanoma skin cancer ordeal these last few weeks and subsequent surgery last week, that my body and mind were just spent.

I tried to collect myself enough to pour two glasses of medical grade electrolytes, and while those were dissolving, gobble the fast chew equivalent for “emergencies.”

Then I called my doctor, who reminded me that this was a particularly bad POTS episode. I should have guessed it was coming on, it had been building for days with debilitating symptoms that screamed MORE SODIUM AND POTASSIUM NEEDED PLEASE. With POTS you need a whole to of salt to help keep things in better balance.

When I stabilized, I realized POTS isn’t for the faint of heart. And in that moment, I was so proud of myself for enduring this wretched condition for the last 3 years, with no end in sight.

Then I thought about how LIFE isn’t for the faint of heart either, and decided to take my own advice that I shared in my post, “If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another (and what to do about it).”

Earlier today was scary, but as I post this now, I find it interesting that what happened is what I wrote about: one thing gets resolved, but another crops up, again and again and again. This is so relatable. Take a look, link in bio (https://deborahblackwell.com/?p=3272) There are even some personal tidbits about Sir Husband that we are finally opening up to share. 😉

💜

photo by @jeffreyblackwellmedia

I may be too shy to make a reel but I’m not afra

I may be too shy to make a reel but I’m not afraid to write about them.

Spoiler alert: I’m hooked.

Check out my latest post, “Reel Life” on deborahblackwell.com (link in bio!)

#humanity
#seeandbeseen
#reallife
#reels
#newpost
#writersofinstagram

There’s nothing this guy won’t do for his cat.

There’s nothing this guy won’t do for his cat. She waits patiently, not looking of course, while he re-ropes her post. 👏♥️😽

#catdad
#hero
#furbaby
#meowmeow
#catscratcher
#dudetherapy

Catching the gorgeous (unfiltered, very bright) bl

Catching the gorgeous (unfiltered, very bright) blue supermoon over the beach tonight. So special. ✨🌕✨

(Look closely bottom right @jeffreyblackwellmedia never goes anywhere without his camera 😀💛)

#bluemoon
#magic
#overthesea
#withmylove
#endofsummer
#moonlovers

I got him to the Barbie movie! 🩷 #besthusbande

I got him to the Barbie movie! 🩷

#besthusbandever
#barbiemovie
#pinkpinkpink

When the past pretends to be real, it just might b

When the past pretends to be real, it just might be. 😉

Things That Go “Deb” in the Night

Link in bio
Or visit Deborahblackwell.com

#newpost
#blog
#ghost
#ghoststories

Here we go… Prepping for our fall launch with

Here we go…

Prepping for our fall launch with cohost Nina Livingstone!

And big thanks to @jeffreyblackwellmedia for producing this whole shebang!

#podcasting
#podcast
#comingsoon
#strictlybabble

What happened when life threw us a curveball via s

What happened when life threw us a curveball via some delicious summer peaches? (It can happen to anyone! 😯)

Going to POTS.

A new, long-overdue post on deborahblackwell.com.
Click the “Going to POTS” link in my bio.

@jeffreyblackwellmedia

#blog #writerscommunity #health
#writer

I might be a kind, caring, compassionate, empathet

I might be a kind, caring, compassionate, empathetic, genuine person who wants to help others and the world, but when people don't reply right away (or at all!) I feel rejected! Is it just me?
🙃

“Un-Triggering From a Non-Reply”

New post on deborahblackwell .com (Link in bio!)

photo by @jeffreyblackwellmedia

#newpost
#texting
#etiquette
#mylife
#writerscommunity
#blog
#writer

Are we just enduring life instead of enjoying it?

Are we just enduring life instead of enjoying it? The human spirit seems crushed after the last few years - smiling is out and kindness is an afterthought.

Join me in upping the collective vibe via my latest post "We're Not at Our Best in Extremes" where I share a little story about our air conditioner repairman who has a hatred for Martha Stewart.

(What’s to hate about Martha Stewart? She has “reinventing yourself" down. That’s pretty admirable. 😉)

Link in bio! or go to deborahblackwell.com, or bit.ly/3Dpx8uh

#humanity
#attitudeiseverything
#smilemore
#stressless
#life
#lifebalance
#keeptrying
#writer
#blogger
#author
#writersofinstagram

@jeffreyblackwellmedia

Think you’re not profound? Think again. It’s

Think you’re not profound? Think again.

It’s graduation season, and as I watched my youngest secure his master’s degree (pure joy!) I realized there’s a big gap between the staggering vibe of a life-changing graduation ceremony and the ordinary vibe of everyday life. Why is it so hard to see that life every day actually holds the ingredients that make the pomp, our circumstance?

Click the link in my bio or use bit.ly/43t1EhD to read my latest post, an ode to joy to everyone.

photo by @jeffreyblackwellmedia

#graduation
#pompandcircumstance
#life
#hope
#conquest
#completion
#triumph
#joy
#writer
#blog
#newpost

Whoops he did it again! This time a master’s in

Whoops he did it again! This time a master’s in data analytics. Huge congratulations to Tyler! Epic time at UMass Amherst with my amazing family. Lucky to be on the planet with them. ♥️👏🥳♥️

@jeffreyblackwellmedia
@talltewks @mtewks81 @tylertewks
#graduation #proudmom #familylove #goodtimes

For a lot of years I had a shaman, but one day she

For a lot of years I had a shaman, but one day she disappeared. Poof! Gone. What do you do when you lose a lifeline? Bake a cake.

Visit my website for a story about my shaman who left me in the dust, with nothing but a memory and a recipe for life. 🪄🎂

https://bit.ly/3NqC7kK or deborahblackwell.com

#blog #newpost #writerscommunity #writers #authors #liveinspired

@jeffreyblackwellmedia

Bringing down the birthday house today with my man

Bringing down the birthday house today with my man @jeffreyblackwellmedia! Happy (milestone) Birthday to an incredibly loving, patient, kind, tolerant, caring, supportive husband, (step) father, and human. Love you Jeffrey Blackwell!! 😘♥️♥️

#birthday
#itsabigone
#hesthebest
#ohhappyday
#bringonthecake
#celebrate
#lovelife
#solucky

I never imagined I would still be trying to fix PO

I never imagined I would still be trying to fix POTS nearly three years in with such a tenacious keep going-try harder-make it happen personality. So we headed to Chinatown to for some last-resort answers, but instead got an ironic plot twist that changed the whole game.

Eastern Medicine Kicked My Western A** (in more ways than one…)

New post! Visit https://bit.ly/3J9eCIQ or deborahblackwell.com

@jeffreyblackwellmedia

#writer
#blog
#healing
#POTS
#irony
#life
#keepgoing
#surrender
#acceptance

It didn’t work out in high school, or college, o

It didn’t work out in high school, or college, or even the couple of decades we were in two different worlds. But when we finally got it together, 12 years ago we secretly ran off to a castle in the mountains and made it official. Love you @jeffreyblackwellmedia. Thank you for this amazing ride of a lifetime. I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world. ♥️

#happyanniversary
#lovewins
#bestfriends
#besthusband
#solucky
#whenitworksitworks

I’ve been #hungup on how to use hashtags since t

Once upon a time, a self-conscious, awkward, 14-ye

Once upon a time, a self-conscious, awkward, 14-year-old girl sat in the front row of her band class tightly holding her flute in her lap. She felt something coming from behind her, and wasn’t sure what it was, but it was nudging so softly and quietly as if to say “hello, I love you.”

When she slowly turned around, her head tucked into her shoulder, her eyes carefully looking to see what was silently surrounding her, she noticed his eyes staring intently, deep into her soul, as if he knew something she didn’t. She waved to her best boy-friend, the sweet, 16-year-old French horn player who faithfully drove her to school every day.

That was more than three decades ago. And even though they parted ways as often happens in life, they eventually reunited as if by fate, two souls inseparable. He knew a long time ago. She eventually listened. And today they celebrate their 13th Valentine’s Day together.

Never doubt love. Or fairy tales. No matter what.

Love you @jeffreyblackwellmedia.

#love
#lovewins
#fairytales
#life
#smile
#valentinesday

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