I spent yesterday with two different girlfriends. I came home happy and content and had a great night's sleep because of them. I have a small group of girlfriends who would drop everything and be with me if I asked them. They are the friends you call in the middle of the night and the friends you ... Read More about Girlfriends
Sleep
Sleep is important. More important to those of us who have chronic conditions. And nothing in my life changed more when I began living with my condition. Sleep became one of the most important things in my life after being diagnosed. It still is today, even though sometimes I forget. You ... Read More about Sleep
Creative
I have never described myself as creative. But I have always liked to make things. Even as I child, I built things. I didn't buy a Barbie house, I made one out of cardboard. Painted it and everything. I loved it. It only took me 40 years to figure out that making things brings me joy. I get ... Read More about Creative
Chronic Illness
I had lunch with a friend recently, and she is just starting her journey through chronic illness, and I realized all that I have learned in my journey. There are a lot of things that come with having a chronic illness. No one is affected the same. But there are feelings and phrases that ... Read More about Chronic Illness
Quiet
Quiet. I have learned over the past few years that I love to have quiet times. Times where I sit and no one is talking to me. There is no TV blaring. There is no music playing. There is just the ambient noise of the world going on around me. The low hum of my humidifier. The traffic outside my ... Read More about Quiet
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