I have a love/hate relationship with labels. Like, labels/names you place on people or situations, lifestyles, etc. Labels. Sometimes I love them because they bring awareness, they get people talking and asking questions. But sometimes they are used incorrectly, or lead to embarrassment and shame. Sometimes labels carry a stigma…
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Cell Phones Don’t Work in Heaven
This past year has tested my strength in many ways. Within a few weeks of one another my uncle, my mother’s friend and my grandmother all passed away. My grandmother’s passing was my absolute breaking point. Having to help my aunt with my grandmother’s preparations and all that comes with…
Finding the Light on my Darkest of Days…
I am two days post Remicade infusion. Two days from my 32nd birthday. And yet I am having the worst week ever. Having an autoimmune disease is more than having chronic pain, continuous hospital visits, and fatigue are only a portion of having the disease. I’ve said it before and…
Up, Up and Away
Well here we are, sitting in the airport waiting to board the plane. Hippo has been so excited he has been singing, humming, talking, hopping, non-stop today. Which means one thing…he’ll be fast asleep before we taxi out! LOL! How am I doing? Not so great. BUT the excitement on…
Body Over Mind
Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night in complete pain and think, this just can’t be right. No one person can possibly be in this much pain at one time…sometimes for days on end. The day before yesterday my feet began to swell after spending a…
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Autoimmune Parenthood
When you start a blog, chronicling your life and become known as some sort of expert, you open your self up to any and all opinions and comments. Most of them unsolicited and unwarranted. People literally believe that just because you have chosen to use your platform to help people,…