"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day." Henri J. M. Nouwen Joy- Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness This is what you find if you look up the word joy in a dictionary. That is the widely accepted meaning of the word. But like so many beautiful things, joy is so...
"The things you take for granted, someone else is praying for." -Unknown Greetings to all the healthy people of the world. My name is Anastasia. I am fifteen years old, and I'm just like you, except for one thing: I have POTS. You probably don't know what POTS is, because it's rarely diagnosed. POTS- postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome- is a subset of dysautonomia....
"Sister ... She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, your defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child." -Barbara Alpert I don't watch much television- mostly because we don't actually get channels to...
"I'm smiling- not because I'm stronger than my problems, but because my God is stronger than my problems." -Unknown Yes, I'm still alive. I know, I know. Shocking, isn't it? Some days, I wonder. And yet, day after day, week after week, I continue to wake up and fight. It feels like my body has betrayed me. It doesn't seem like this should...
