Sarah Bocchino

Companionship

I don’t remember a time in my life where I haven’t had animals. Except once, and I’m not sure it counts. My mother proudly declared herself an “animal person.” When she was young, apparently folks called her “Ellie Mae” after the voluptuous blonde on The Beverly Hillbillies because my mother also wanted a pet racoonContinue reading “Companionship”

New Things, Old Things

Did anyone else used to blog on Xanga way back in the early 2000s? With every blog post, you could add a “Currently Listening” box. You’d type in the name of the song and the article, and it would show the album art (because we all still bought CDs back then). And then you’d veryContinue reading “New Things, Old Things”

Storytelling

“Sarah’s writing a book,” my husband says to his mother. My mother-in-law is the sweetest woman alive. You could tell her I was building sculptures out of feces, and she’d probably find something positive to say about it and mean it. So she looks at me, smiling, and says, “Really? What’s it about?” I’m toldContinue reading “Storytelling”

To my younger self

In this image, I think I’m 17 or 18, judging by my haircut. I had wanted short hair since Megan Follows’ Anne Shirley chopped hers off after accidentally dying it green. Oh, I wanted short hair. So badly. But my parents said, “No.” My hair was too pretty, they said, to be cut short. PlusContinue reading “To my younger self”

Reconnect

Sometimes, my husband and I talk, and we realize that lupus was stealing from us for a long time. A really long time. An unacceptably long time. Because my joints didn’t ache, we didn’t do the bloodwork to look for lupus. The APS antibodies were SCREAMING in blood test results, but lupus was dismissed becauseContinue reading “Reconnect”

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Careful, darling

Hello again. It’s been a while. I think that’s because I have less to say, sometimes. I’m stabilizing more and more. My hair is growing back in. The horrific, steroid-induced moonface is fading. I walk up stairs and hills without impediment. I exercise. The panic attacks are further and further apart. My therapist thinks weContinue reading “Careful, darling”

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Wobbling

Since the last time I wrote, I had hoped that it would all be onward and upward, climbing higher, one step at a time.

But recovery is never linear. The line wobbles, falters, a hiccup here and there.