The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots

Category: health

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I have a weird relationship with aging. Every year I get a little older and feel a little younger. Ten years ago I turned 17 and thought that the good times had finally arrived. I was a senior in high school, I had a driver’s license, and I was going to the BMA convention for…

  • The Pain and the Peacefulness

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I woke up with the worst sore throat I’ve ever had in my life. I felt like I was choking on a pine cone. Swallowing sent brutal pain through my throat, and yet I couldn’t seem to make my mouth stop swallowing. I lay in a cold sweat, my muscles aching. Too sick to get…

  • Stress

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    Emily Sara Smucker
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    I understand that stress is a normal/needed biological reaction, but doesn’t it seem a little ridiculous to you that our body has the same reaction to schoolwork as it does to being chased by a bear? I go to great lengths to decrease the level of stress in my life. I take a lighter course…