As I have stated over and over and over again on this blog, sleeping doesn’t come easy to me. In fact, it has wrecked havoc on so many areas of my life. Ex, Sleep Deprivation- http://bit.ly/1nIClSa , Demons Come Out at Night- http://bit.ly/1kpf5Dw , Living in Chronic Pain Prt 2- http://goo.gl/AKWOLn So given all of those things […]
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There is a time to push and a time to let someone be
The holiday season is usually filled with a lot of celebrations. There are a ton of holiday parties, family gatherings, presents, festive lights and decorations among other things. When we log onto facebook, twitter, instagram or google plus, we see pictures of our friends and family smiling, opening gifts, checking in to various restaurants and […]
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 […]
We Are All Over-Sensitized To Something

We all have things we are sensitive about. If we have a giant pimple on our face, we feel as though the entire world is starring solely on that zit. If we mistakenly walked out the door with a stain on our shirt, clearly everyone has nothing better to do but focus on that. It […]
Day 2: Introductions

Day 2 of Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge calls for some introductions! I am Marisa, I live in NY and I have suffered from ulcerative colitis since I was 13 years old. I am a huge animal lover and have two rescue dogs that I seriously cannot look at without thinking of the quote from […]