The thing about living with chronic illness is that I LIVE for the two, sometimes three, days a week that I get to spend off the couch. I relish in them. Those days give me a chance to live and feel like a human again. So what happens when those days no longer come?
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You know that saying, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle?” Well I have two theories on that old adage: 1. God is WAY too busy to pay attention to me, with everything else going on in the world right now OR 2. Someone totally made that up. Because clearly God hasn’t realized […]
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Let’s face it, eating healthy is hard. Fixing healthy meals, when you feel like death, is even harder. That’s why this is one of my favorite recipes! 5 minutes, 6 ingredients, done!
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I was the black sheep in the family; the one always castigated for being too open, asking questions I shouldn’t or talking about things that shouldn’t be talked about. When a cousin of mine’s dog died, I was crushed; having always loved him. I made the mistake of asking how he died after saying how […]
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Fibro and chronic illness take hold of your life and throw it in a blender. It gets jostled around, chewed up, makes a mess and looks NOTHING like it did before it got pulverized. More often, it results in a liquidy, watered down version of what once was.
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Bound and determined, I harnessed up the dogs, attached them to their double leash and set out for our walk. It was so beautiful yesterday and I was feeling good, so I decided to attempt the walk alone. How hard could it really be? I made it about 1/5th of our normal route, but our […]
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Despite the fear, despite the threat, despite the ominous cloud of despair floating over us, there IS hope.
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I was approached by a Literary Agent on New Years Eve and asked to review a book on Fibromyalgia, put out by a *major* hospital system. He didn’t have to ask me twice! Not only was I thrilled that someone like this had found me and my little Blog, but I was also honored to […]
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