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I Hope You Dance! I Will!
Dance has permeated my life. Even before I went to my first ballet class when I was 5, I loved to dance. I still do. My favorite emoji is...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Adventures in aging: Part 3 – Seriously?! There’s more?!
Apparently the universe was not done giving me the “slow down” messages with simply a detached retina and sore knee that can’t be...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Nov 17, 20225 min read


Adventures in Aging – Part 2: Knee pain, a brace and a walker
I’ve always believed that aging is a mindset, and that attitude keeps us healthy regardless of biological age. This is obviously not the...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Nov 3, 20224 min read
Adventures in aging – Part 1: A partially detached retina, problems with my PCP, a trip to the
I won’t lie. This last week has been rough! It challenged how I see myself, how I see, literally, and my self-concept and beliefs about...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Nov 1, 20223 min read
Reflections on Death & Dying – The Beginning of the End of SOB (Sweet Old Bill) – Part 2
In July and August 2013, I supported my uncle, William Leo Pence, as he died. It was my chance to be there for a family member I loved....
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Nov 2, 20144 min read
The Florence Journals: Reflections on Death & Dying – The Beginning of the End of SOB (Swe
On July 4, 2013, Bill declared his independence. In the early 2000s, he’d had a kidney transplant. Aside from that, he was an extremely...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Oct 14, 20144 min read
Conscious Uncoupling and Coparenting: Why Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Have it Right!
Full disclosure I am a child of divorce. It was not pretty. It was not healthy. It was not done with grace. I felt I had to choose a...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Mar 31, 20143 min read
Sidelined by broken wrists – Part 2 OR Why I LOVE Frontier Airlines! – October 14, 2012:
For background to this point, please read Sidelined by broken wrists – Part 1 I became aware that my friends were whispering to one...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Mar 28, 20145 min read


Sidelined by Broken Wrists – Part 1
Sidelined by broken wrists – Part 1 October 13, 2012: I was at the annual Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and...
Deborah Ballard-Reisch
Mar 19, 20143 min read
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