Living With Purpose
I hesitated to even write this blog post. Everywhere we look are Christmas ideas and suggestions from everyone. However, you never can tell when you may spot an idea you hadn’t yet thought of. While I am a “spoonie” (still looking for a replacement for that dreadful word), I am also still a woman who […]
Read MoreOften, the true complexities of living with chronic illness are overlooked or never addressed. But just because that happens, doesn’t mean it should.
Read MoreThe thing about trauma is it never goes away. You push it down, plow through it, ignore it or just completely shut down from it, but you never get over it.
Read MoreSomehow, self care has turned into a dirty little word that means we’re selfish and self indulgent to put ourselves first.
Read MoreIt near never fails. I’m having a good pain/symptom day and am excited to get some things done. I hop in a shower and like clockwork, halfway through the symptoms start. By the time I finally manage to get dressed, I need to lie down. I’m dizzy, have vertigo, am light headed and nauseous, again. […]
Read MoreI’m often asked what medications I use for relieving the pain and symptoms of living with multiple chronic illnesses. For that reason, I wanted to write a post outlining the medications I rely on to enable me to live, not just exist. In these past 8 years, we have pretty much tried everything. While some […]
Read MoreI am SO excited to be writing this Sponsored Post. It is actually my very first sponsored post. I hope any of you, that know me by now, know that if I am tauting a product, it is because it is worth my tauting!! I take my responsibility to my readers very seriously. As such, […]
Read MoreWill you live in sorrow, self pity and anger? Or will you choose to change, just as your body and mind has? What you choose to do next is what actually defines you.
Read MoreToday, May 20th, is National Rescue Dog Day!! So no matter how lousy I’m feeling, I needed to post in recognition and appreciation for the two dogs who adopted us. After falling ill, we finally had the right home situation to adopt and in 2013, we brought home our Australian Shepard mix, Lola. Three years […]
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