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Kindness to Myself
Isn’t it funny that we’re taught to be kind to everyone, except ourselves? I see “Be kind; everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about” signs and messages all around. I wonder why we exclude ourselves from everyone. Why can we be so unkind to ourselves while taking pride in extending kindness to others?…
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A Diagnosis – My MS Journey: Part 2
In March of 2018, I had some doctor appointments to figure out what was going on with me. One was to my allergist because I had what I thought to be recurring sinus infections. My normal doctor was out that day and a different doctor saw me. I believe this was divine intervention getting me…
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The Day My World Shifted – My MS Journey: Part 1
March is MS Awareness month. This series is an updated version of my MS journey. It started with a moment I didn’t understand. This was followed by months of symptoms. I tried to explain them away. Eventually, I received a diagnosis that changed how I see my body, my faith, and myself. What you’re about…
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Facebook
I don’t know what I was thinking. I thought after the election, my timeline on Facebook would be done with politics. Boy was I wrong. It was relentlessly toxic, and unexpectedly so. I was in a funk, so I did a thing. I left Facebook. January 29th is my daughter’s birthday. This year I took…
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Vitamin D
Earlier this year, I had a bout of fatigue and migraines. I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2018 and both are symptoms of MS. Even though I hadn’t had migraines for months and thought I had the fatigue under control, having either is not unusual for me. I had been feeling pretty good,…
