I recently saw and shared the above image on a social media page. I’ve been under the weather and feeling the pull of other’s demands for help. While trying to take care of myself fighting a sinus/bronchitis infection, my usual happy to help disposition, wasn’t feeling it. So, this quote struck a chord. A comment, […]
No matter what our intentions and plans are, it most likely doesn’t go exactly as we expect. Sometimes our plan goes in the direction we plan but there are bumps along the way. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in having a dream or expectation die. Even the most successful people have had disappointments. Don’t […]
My reflections on this unpredictable health journey with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Alopecia Areata, exacerbated after the Covid booster. Despite initial progress on Olumiant, new symptoms emerged, leading to medical consultations. I emphasize self-advocacy, joining support groups, and the importance of a healthy environment for overall well-being and peace.
I haven’t written since spring and the only reason is life. I allowed life to keep me busy and distracted from reality. Those are excuses for not being accountable to plans, goals, intentions and time. Time doesn’t stand still. Things don’t stay the same. Don’t get so lost in the things that keep you from […]
Twenty-six days into the new year and I’m feeling optimistic. My optimism isn’t focused on one specific thing, but lots of little things.
It is said that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I understand the phrase and I agree.
I also realize that before you can make the lemonade, you need to peel away the bitter outside layer. After that layer is removed, the extraction of good things to come begins. This is the time for me personally to begin exactly that.
I haven’t updated you since mid-September, basically because good news is not on my side just yet. I went through a short spurt in the last update or so where my hair was growing back, but that didn’t last. I’ve been pretty depressed about this new part of my life. I feel ugly, anxious, defeated, […]
Comfort comes in many forms and for each of us comfort means something very different from the next. We all seek comfort. We look for it in our family members, our friends, sometimes strangers, nowadays we can reach out and find it through social media, we seek it from our pets, some look for it […]
Comfort comes in many forms and for each of us comfort means something very different from the next. We all seek comfort. We look for it in our family members, our friends, sometimes strangers, nowadays we can reach out and find it through social media, we seek it from our pets, some look for it […]
Today, while I was completing a menial task, my mind wandered off to remembering how time felt like it dragged on so slowly as a kid and how time seems to fly by now. Becoming truly caught in my past through thought, I remembered how much I wished to get out of the home, the […]
Every New Dawn 