The Benefits of Putting #PenToPaper during a Chronic Illness Flare The hardest thing about my chronic illness is the mental overstimulation that comes from the constant pain I experience, especially during a flare up. The noise in my head makes it difficult to think. I struggle to keep up with...
What is it you’re frightened of?asks my warrior side.What fills your heart with such dread?What happened to your coat of bravery you wore so confidently?I feel like a deer sometimes, I answer.I’m not always like you.I want to lie down in flower-kissed pasture,let my eyes close against the sun.I...
Grief Doesn’t Just Come When People Die Yesterday was a hard day – a day when pain and nausea nagged and taunted me the whole day, a day when grief in waves washed over me, reminders of loss, of restriction, of the shackles of chronic illness. Grief doesn’t just come when people...
The Storms of Chronic Illness I lay in my double bed, the bed I had lived in for the past year and a half, and quietly watched the rain outside my bedroom window. For the last 24 hours, it had been pouring hard - so much rain, so many dark clouds. Usually the view outside my window is...
A Reason For Our Captivity Many of us with chronic illnesses and pain feel like we live life in exile, separated from the rest of the world because of the isolation caused by our illnesses. With the coronavirus causing havoc around the globe and forcing businesses, schools, churches,...
