The past few weeks have really led me to think more than ever about how truly invaluable my dogs have been to me. I have spoken about them before in two separate posts; A Descriptive Story About a Memory and Wheezy, Daisy, Sadie, Marley- Phoebe but I wanted to give them a bit of a […]
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Be Careful of Misplaced Anger
We all get upset. We all get angry. And we all say things we wish we could take back. That is just life. When I am going through an overwhelming or particularly stressful time, anger has always been an emotion that comes out in me. Never outwardly in an aggressive way but internally I have […]
Day 5: Aspiration
“If I could do anything as a health activist…” Think big! Money/time/physical limitations are no longer an issue. What is your biggest goal that is now possible? If I could do one thing and one thing only as a health activist it would be to make sure no one with a chronic illness ever feels […]
Young, Wild and Crazy with IBD ?
When you are young, it is your chance to go crazy, act wild and generally be out of control. But for those of us who suffered from crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis during those very formative years, the odds are you had to grow up differently. Being diagnosed with IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) at the […]
Bank It!
We all have good days and bad ones. Everyone we meet has dealt with disappointments in some form. But for those of us who suffer from any type of chronic illness especially, the highs and lows are all too familiar, all too frustrating, and can sometimes feel incredibly overwhelming and impossible to tackle. Having been […]