Angela Denton Foss

So, I got something today, after having designed it yesterday, that I haven’t had since I left ECU’s College of Education back in 2004, where I had been a Visiting Assistant Professor–I got cards. When I completed my doctorate in 2003 and signed on for one academic year in the Department of Educational Leadership, the […]

This morning I learned a most fascinating thing in a most unexpected place. Since I have an upcoming book signing, I decided to stop postponing my flu shot. So, I headed to the Target Clinic near my house (since I have multiple friends who work there), and I was the very first person in line […]

In recent days, I’ve begun to “regain” my enthusiasm about my Christian faith. It’s not that I’ve turned away from God (in the truest sense) since I became well; it’s just that I haven’t felt nearly as close to him as I did when I was sick. When I spoke with a woman last week […]

Recently, I’ve realized something about myself that I haven’t wanted to own up to really–I’ve realized that I have become undisciplined and am thus far, far from the physically fit individual I was in my late twenties/early thirties; and this lack of “fitness” certainly has carried over to other areas of my life that aren’t […]

So, one close friend who read the post before last (“The Hardest Parts of Life”) said that it sounded like I really needed therapy/counseling. I had two immediate thoughts. The first was, “Yes, of course, I do! Don’t we all?!” And the second was, “What do you think my writing is?!” I said in the […]

Last night was a most special night, a night that I’ll call a time machine kind of night as I went two and a half decades back. The fact that I went to a reunion at all would shock many of those who know me best these days. I don’t think I’ve ever really been […]

As of September 25th, my sick season memoir is one year old (as a publication that is). It’s hard to believe a whole year has passed since I stepped out to share my story, at least one “big” part of it. Well, there’s another part of it that I’ve blogged about some already and that […]

In recent years, my sister-in-law said something to me that has been on my mind lately. She said that she thought one of the principal things we have to learn to do in our life down here is to let things, including people, go. I don’t know that I appreciated her statement at the time; […]

So, in fairness to my dental practice (which I have left unnamed), I feel the need to write a follow-up entry of sorts to say that my relationship with them has been redeemed. The much less than perfect experience that I blogged about earlier was sort of erased yesterday by what is probably the most […]

Last evening, I had the privilege of speaking to a cancer support group that consisted of several lovely ladies who left me with much to ponder. I’d really like to think that, since I was actually the guest speaker, I was the one giving out food for thought; but, I’m thinking now that it was […]