💫 Donna 💫

I’m just saying, someone in my house, I won’t name names, has some level of health anxiety and was convinced they had parasites. Went through the trouble of ordering a test from a very recommended company. Tested for multiple types and bacterial strains. It came back parasite free! We even have livestock! I think the parasite fear is very overblown. Its probably still just bacterial imbalances. But no one would pop antibiotics monthly!

Had to inadvertently stop on my travels so I thought I’d mark it for posterity

I spent a lot of time in the South Pacific when I was younger. It was the first time I gained real experience being out in the deep ocean on a boat. One day we had to travel to the main island of an island group we were in to pick up some supplies and drop some people off. The island I was living on had no internet. No TVs. No radio. We could see a storm coming but we didn't know how bad it was going to be. We had a fiberglass outboard motor fishing boat with a small roof for some protection from the elements. We had a boat driver and his name was George. There was a little opening in the front of the boat that you could duck down and climb up and ride in the front of the boat. That was my spot. Everyone knew it. On this day, we were traveling with many native islanders. Boat was full and I think we might have had a single life vest on board. The clouds kept getting dark and darker and the ocean more rough. My body was slamming against the boat as the waves increased. George was telling me to get into the back of the boat if I can. The entry opening in the front was too dangerous, I couldn't go down that way. The sides of the fiberglass would have sliced my arms open. He told me to hang on to the top of the roof and try to walk around the edge to the back. I had about a 3-inch ledge to put my feet on while holding on to the roof. I had no life jacket. I started walking towards the back on this little ledge and my right foot slipped when we crashed over a big wave. I yelled at George -- "I'm going back to the front". I was laughing hysterically. Wait why was I laughing? I went back to the front. Smiling and laughing. I thought to myself for a moment. Am I crazy? Any other person I know would be terrified, but I was loving every second of this experience of being so close to edge of death. I felt protected by the Creator. He was comforting me and producing laughter in this wild storm. After another hour of riding the front of the boat like a rodeo cowboy, we made our way into the wharf of this small island. The warm rain and ocean water had completely drenched everyone in the boat and we were scooping out gallons of water with anything we could find to make a makeshift bucket out of. I later found out that this was an actual cyclone in the southern hemisphere that formed around New Zealand. I believe 2 or 3 people died from this cyclone on the island we arrived to. This was the first time in my life that I realized there was something in my DNA that gave me zero fear of the ocean and that it felt like home. This is a true story. Not comms.

Haven’t made videos since Friday… Spent time instead freaking out about a biopsy I’m getting tomorrow in my chest😭 I don’t talk about my health publicly but figured I’d do it because health issues are isolating and they shouldn’t be. Hopefully back to normal by Tuesday!