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I have been on blood pressure medication since around 2005. I was at work when suddenly my visual field began to go black and my hearing left me. Thankfully, I was surrounded by other health professionals who realized something was wrong. Quick action got me to the emergency department where it was discovered my blood pressure was in stroke range. That began my daily ritual of taking blood pressure medication. In January, my husband and I moved to Virginia. I had accepted a new role with a new company. My daily prayers included asking God for new health, new strength, new courage, etc. I did not want to carry anything into my new position that would impair my ability to be my best. Others were praying the same things for me.   In March I experienced a near-fainting episode in the middle of the night. I had gotten up to let our dog out. The episode came without warning, and I had to hold onto the door frame to steady myself. All I could think of was what my husband's reaction w...

We have a miniature poodle named Ezekiel ("Zeke" is what we call him most times). Zeke weighs a whopping 11 pounds but he thinks he's a big dog...until a couple of weeks ago. I had let him out in the yard at dusk. He loves to sniff around, bark at any birds who might be trespassing on his territory, or share nudges through the fence with the dog next door. This time he started barking immediately and it was the bark he uses when something is amiss. I looked in the direction he was barking and saw why he was "going wild." Two white-tail deer were poised on the hill that is immediately beyond our fence. Zeke was mesmerized by the size of the animals, and kept running back and forth along the fence. Once the deer determined that Zeke was not a threat (he was "contained"), they continued their way down the side of the hill.  Ever since that encounter, every time we let Zeke out, he surveys the hill, and looks up the mountain, obviously looking for the crea...