Taking a Break While the Seasons Go Round and Round in the Circle Game
The air is turning crisp while leaves dangle from their branches. Acorns lie carelessly on the ground waiting for hungry squirrels to gather them in anticipation of winter. Life goes on, as it always...
View ArticleAs The Year Ends There’s Something I Need To Say
I know it’s been awhile since I wrote in this space but I needed to take a step back for a bit of a breather. We all deserve breathers once in awhile, so I guess it was just my turn.… The post As The...
View ArticleHow We Can Lean On Communities To Help Us Survive Difficult Times
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the word “communities” and the important role they play in our lives. A “community” is a place where like-minded people come together, but the plural “communities” are...
View ArticleYou Are Enough Exactly As You Are
After speaking with several people in the multiple sclerosis community who were experiencing a particularly difficult year I wondered what I could do to help them. Their self-esteem was plummeting and...
View ArticleHappy 60th Birthday – We Are The Champions
We all have many chapters in our lives based on the experiences and lessons we collect along life’s journey. At birth, we’re a clean slate, ready to create the unique imprint we’ll make on the world....
View ArticleI’m Celebrating Because I’m Still Here, And So Much More
It’s my birthday and I’m celebrating, as Elaine Stritch famously sang, because I’m still here. I’ve always loved birthdays, so why should I stop celebrating them now? Aging shouldn’t change how we see...
View ArticleHow the Chronic Illness Community Can Raise the Voices of the Unheard
This blog was created almost ten years ago to be a voice for the multiple sclerosis and chronic illness community with the mission to inspire, educate, and empower every visitor. At this moment my...
View ArticleHow My Time of Brokenness Helps Me During the Pandemic
What word do you think Merriam Dictionary will choose for 2020? It’s an impossible task to narrow down all the horrors taking place to a simple word or phrase. I chose a few possibilities below, but...
View ArticleNine Ways We Can Tame Anger and Stress to Restore a Bit of Peace and Calm
I took a de-stress break from blogging because my brain was yelling, “Stop the world, I want to get off!” Is yours screaming that too? This year will go down as one of the worst, if not the worst, the…...
View ArticleThe Importance of a Sense of Community and Belonging in Polarizing Times
As we lumber through the difficult, polarizing days of 2020 I’m reminded of the last time Americans faced this much turbulence. It was 1968 and the United States had a president with low approval...
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