The Golden Life I knew something was wrong. I could feel it in my gut. When you spend 10 years of your life with another living being, you develop a style of communication that is special to the both of you.. it creates a bond and an unbreakable connection between the two of you. This… Continue reading The Golden Life
Mindful Mondays: Learning to Pause with Chronic Illness & Pain The past two weeks have been really difficult for me. Not only is the insurance situation that I am in one of the most difficult but I am also in pain, which just adds more weight. to the urgency of the issue. So now I… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: Learning to Pause with Chronic Illness & Pain
Physical Therapy & Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a guide for success I have wanted to write about this topic for a while. This summer I found myself back in a wheelchair for the 2nd time in my life and this time, my CRPS flare had gotten so bad that I was out of work… Continue reading Physical Therapy & Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a guide for success
CRPS is such an awful and mysterious disease. It affects each of us different and what may help one day will not help the next. This is in no way suggesting that if you suffer with CRPS that you should go out and join a gym. I am also not suggesting that I have all… Continue reading Things I have learned from CRPS in 39 days (after joining a gym)
In todays world we are constantly connected and plugged in to EVERYTHING that is happening around us. We don’t miss a hot news topic, a funny video, an honest meme or work email. Many of us walk around ALL DAY with our phones on our body. We start our days by instinctually checking the weather… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: Unplug to Reconnect
Here we are, we made it through another week!! You are probably finding yourselves shifting back into your routine after the holidays. You may even be trying to hang onto some resolution goals that you made for the new year. Give yourself a pat on the back!! This is one of the hardest week for most… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: Being Present in Your Life
My life is a giant shit storm right now. I haven’t written lately because facing these painful realities are sometimes more painful than the CRPS itself. This evening I decided to face my monsters and put on a suit of courage. I have to write to process what is happening with the destruction of my… Continue reading When My Happily Ever After Couldn’t Survive the Storm
My good friend Genevieve and I were chatting last Friday night as both of us were at home due to ongoing battle with pain. I watched out the window as couples and groups of people gravitated towards the free Bluegrass concert that was held on our town’s Greenway. I longed to be one of those… Continue reading #1daywithoutpain – what would you do?
The Blogger Recognition Award comes to me from A Spoonie’s Tale. Thank you to Tracey, author of this fantastic blog for nominating me for this award!! I am so honored! The rules of accepting this award are: 1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. 2. Write a post and display the award. 3. Share in your post… Continue reading The Blogger Recognition Award
I am starting off this blog feeling rather speechless. Speechless because for the first time in my life I don’t have an answer or a plan that I am satisfied with. All of my answers depend on a shady source that doesn’t have a good track record in being dependable. And although I am… Continue reading In the Pursuit of Balance
The Invisible Warrior 