Taking a Break While the Seasons Go Round and Round in the Circle Game
The air is turning crisp while leaves dangle from their branches. Acorns lie carelessly on the ground waiting for hungry squirrels to gather them in anticipation of winter. Life goes on, as it always...
View ArticleAs The Year Ends There’s Something I Need To Say
I know it’s been awhile since I wrote in this space but I needed to take a step back for a bit of a breather. We all deserve breathers once in awhile, so I guess it was just my turn.… The post As The...
View ArticleYou Are Enough Exactly As You Are
After speaking with several people in the multiple sclerosis community who were experiencing a particularly difficult year I wondered what I could do to help them. Their self-esteem was plummeting and...
View ArticleHow I’d Like To Step Up My Advocacy Game
As a child I could run, play the game “tag” or “kick-the-can” with the neighborhood kids, ride my bike from town to town, and when I was older squeeze a lot into a day without napping. But in 1981...
View ArticleThis Has Been Quite a Year
This has been quite a year, one filled with highs and lows just like any other year. Let’s face it, life will always be about ups and downs and there’s nothing we can do about it except look through a…...
View ArticleHow Ten Remarkable Women Can Give YOU Courage and Support During the Pandemic
I’m always astonished at the courage and indomitability of the human spirit. I first learned the true meaning of courage in 1986 when I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I met fellow patients...
View ArticleHow the Chronic Illness Community Can Raise the Voices of the Unheard
This blog was created almost ten years ago to be a voice for the multiple sclerosis and chronic illness community with the mission to inspire, educate, and empower every visitor. At this moment my...
View ArticleHow My Time of Brokenness Helps Me During the Pandemic
What word do you think Merriam Dictionary will choose for 2020? It’s an impossible task to narrow down all the horrors taking place to a simple word or phrase. I chose a few possibilities below, but...
View ArticleNine Ways We Can Tame Anger and Stress to Restore a Bit of Peace and Calm
I took a de-stress break from blogging because my brain was yelling, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” Is yours screaming that too? This year will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, the…...
View ArticleThe Year 2020 Smacked Us Around: Time to Let Go, Hold On, and Move Forward
We’re all metaphorically smacked around, burnt out, and emotionally raw from 2020. What a year it’s been. What can we do to heal our weary souls? How can we let go of what’s toxic to us, hold on to...
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