What a time to be alive. This is a phrase I’ve said many times in recent years but until the last few months was always said sarcastically. This is a time for healing, and I only partly mean physically. I have begun to realize that… Read More »Hope…
I don’t think of years as linear time based on the actual year (like 2022-2023), rather as what has changed, how much I’ve grown, and what challenges I’ve faced. It is my failures and successes, heartbreaks and joys, endings and fresh starts. Maybe it is… Read More »Doing Everything Right…
I have never once been good at anything. Natural talent? Never heard of it. I remember being told one time by a horse person I admired that while I couldn’t hold up to the naturally gifted riders I gave them a hell of a run… Read More »Really REALLY Bad…
I’ve been gone for a while. I’ve been busy.Growing, changing, hurting, losing myself, and finding a better version of myself. Life is a funny funny thing. I started to give up a huge struggle of mine that I’ve written about before, the tie of my… Read More »Free…
The last few weeks have been a roller coaster, I’ve experienced the highest of highs and the absolute lowest of my life. That may sound dramatic, but I have decided to always be raw and open here about the truth of dealing with health… Read More »Someday Soon…
I think that I tend to draw dividing lines in my life. I found myself considering two separate sides of myself recently, the chronically ill side and the athlete side. It had come to my attention that I kept a stiffly held division in… Read More »Choosing Sides…
How do you find balance? This may be a bit of a broad question, but I assure you that it is asked with a purpose. While this could be asked in relation to anything, today I ask in relation to the balance between acknowledging… Read More »Balance…
You may have noticed that last week there was no post and that was for multiple reasons that I think are important to share. As previously discussed on this blog, the road to recovery or healing or whatever you choose to call the peak… Read More »Today….
Life is a funny thing. A recent conversation opened up my mind to the strange experiences that life changes bring, and the tragedy of just how hard it is adjusting to those changes. It’s like a Florida rain storm, first a little cloud and… Read More »Change…
Today the topic will be a little different than those discussed previously, we are going to look at a side of dealing with chronic illness that often we neglect discussing: the caretakers. While this may be controversial, I believe that the caretakers job is… Read More »For the Caretakers