As my kids have got older and I’ve needed less mommy support, I’ve been finding my best friends in odd places. Yesterday I was panicked at musical theatre class and two of my lovely friends a good twenty years older drove me home. They comforted me and told me it wasn't my fault. They hugged me and told me they loved…

I have to put mine in four wheel drive to get up it in the winter. Fortunately it’s a shorter driveway at least. :P

I do this too on account of my driveway, and everyone makes fun of me. I don't live in a flat place (mountainous BC), but the parking lot at the grocery store probably doesn't require the added brake. Still do it. Seems best to be in the habit. Especially after this.

Oh, my car rolls in park, especially in the winter. One time I didn’t put the parking brake all the way down and as I was hopping out of the car, it started rolling. With my kids in it! Never have I leapt back in something so quickly. Didn't know I could move that fast.

It’s called Canada. :D

Jesus Christ, this sounds like a line from a Walking Dead preview.

I’m so sorry about your loss and this reminder. :(

JESUS CHRIST I’M BUYING A NEW HOUSE.

Sounds like left it in neutral to check the mail and it rolled into him. :/

As the owner of a sloped driveway, I'm going to be extra careful with that parking brake from now on. :( I can see how easily this would happen.

No, I don’t know if I have MVP. I had the attack first (following months of weird things like exercise intolerance and shortness of breath and random heart pounding). Then I went to the hospital and had an abnormal ECG. I’ve had doctors tell me I have a murmur over the years, but not always so I didn't think much of…

Always maintain a sense of humour.

Mine also started on a plane which is so weird because I fly quite happily all the time. It was so incredibly out of left field for me.

Yeah, I saw that. I’d go ahead and die but you know I have a husband who loves me and two kids who think I’m the sun and five devoted pets and a wonderful group of friends and a large and loving extended family and I’m typing this all from the family room of the beautiful home that I bought myself.

I feel my heart pounding all the time. :/ That's what makes me think there's something up with it. For the past little while I haven't been able to fall asleep because I'm irritated by my heart beat.

Lots of people have MVP with no problems but it can also cause panic attacks and anxiety, so I need it checked out. Also some people do have more complications and given my shortness of breath and increasing inability to exercise...probably need to try not to overdo it until everything is sorted. Like there is no way…

That's really beautiful, whether it works for me or not. :)

I have low blood pressure. Do you think that med would affect that? Like 90/55 is not out of the norm for me. Weird thing is that o don’t have phobias. I had social anxiety as a kid, but as an adult I’m a social butterfly who loves being on stage and singing in front of people. Having anxiety seems foreign to me…

I totally believe that about the emotions. I've noticed that my body will have an anxious response in some way to things that I enjoy. Like I think the initial panic attack was just me being excited about going to Cuba. If I get excited, my whole body just goes whackadoo. So it's quite annoying because it ends up…

I do have buddhify! Haven't used it in a while. Probably a good time for it.