"Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!" -William Arthur Ward We are finally coming to the end of 2013. Usually, I feel a certain amount of sadness at the passing of another year. One more year that's passed. Another year towards the end of my childhood. But this...
"The joy you bring us is so much greater than the sadness we feel about your illness." -John Green I have said already (both HERE and HERE) that illness is hard. Both of these posts were focused on how hard illness is for the sick person. But illness is especially hard on the family as well. It's so very hard to see people...
"A healer is someone who seeks to be the light that she wishes she had in her darkest moments." -Vironika Tugaleva I was diagnosed with POTS. It's not something I'd ever heard of until a few months ago, and unless you have or know someone with POTS, you probably don't know too much about it, either. So here's something you should know- being...
“Miraculously recover or die. That's the extent of our cultural bandwidth for chronic illness.” -S. Kelley Harrell Get a chronic illness. Four words you probably didn't have on your to-do list for 2013... I know I didn't. In fact, there was nothing on there about illnesses. There were things like "crochet a blanket" or "buy a laptop". I even had "celebrate each major...
"These are the days which must happen to you." -Walt Witman Well, we are just now coming to a close on my mini-series about The Reset Movement. It's been nice to have something very reliable to write about for the past while, and I think I'll miss this overflow of stuff to publish. Now I'll have to go to a little more trouble...
“You are not what others think you are. You are what God knows you are.” -Shannon L. Alder You were warned! I'm about to write a second post on The Reset Movement. Hopefully you don't get tired of hearing about it, because there may very well be a third one in your future. (Duh duh duh!) So... Picking up where my last post...
"Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it." -Ann Landers I went to The Reset Movement the other day, and it was amazing! I wasn't quite sure what to expect, because the website didn't really give you...
"It's everybody's duty to give the world a reason to dance." -Kid President We (as people) like to complain. A lot. Sometimes we complain about silly things- traffic, bug bites, a scratched CD. None of those things are really much more than annoying, but we do complain about them. In fact, I think we find at least one thing every day to complain...
“Give thanks to the needle that stuck your finger, to the wooden beam that hit your head, and to the bee that stung your hand, because they taught you something.” -Mehmet Murat ildan Sometimes, things happen to us that we don't really like. Maybe your truck broke down. Maybe you got stuck at one more stop-light than you wanted to be. Maybe you're...
"At the temple there is a poem called 'Loss' carved into the stone. It has three words, but the poet has scratched them out. You cannot read loss, only feel it." -Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha Loss is a strange thing; no matter how much we expect it, it still manages to catch us by surprise. You cannot really describe loss. No...
"Celebrate what you want to see more of." -Tom Peters Did you know that today is someone's birthday? Everyday is someone's birthday, actually. Now, I might not know exactly who's birthday it is, but that's alright. I can still wish them a happy birthday. SO! Without further ado... Happy birthday!!! I think everyone should get a hug, or a smile, or something on...
“I was always fascinated by people who are considered completely normal, because I find them the weirdest of all.” -Johnny Depp Ah, how I love to write! I took a bit of a break from my blog for a while, but I'm back now. I don't know exactly why I took a break. I mean, it's not like it was a planned break...
