Sometimes it is easy to give into the depression that pain from chronic illness can bring. Especially when we have lost sleep or had an...

Chronic illness can make us feel that we are incapable of many things. That can be true of physical things which for most of us who are ...

  I did an enneagram test for fun the other day. It said I was a 2 which basically is a helper who needs to be needed. It sounds like me. Or...

I have been very ill off-and-on for several weeks now. But I needed to drag myself out of bed and "Make an Easter for the Family" ...

As you probably know, I suffer from a myriad of health issues from life threatening to annoying. Each day is a constant struggle to keep my ...

  These last few months have been hectic. My sister who was living with us for the last five months, found a new rented home about 45 minut...

Most of the Christian Church is waiting for the Rapture wherein Christ comes for His Bride, the Church. It will be instant and unannounced....

We have RSV in our house and I am wiped out! Whether you have the flu or suffer like I do from fibromyalgia, you will have days where your b...

  Each morning when I get dressed, I wonder what the day will bring. I have learned over the course of time that those days when I have a py...

O ver the years I have spent a lot of time in hospitals with Scheuermann's disease, a spinal disease which caused bad back proble...

  As I got older, I became morose and sad.  My good years were behind me.  Chronic illness overtook my and I resented it so much.  It turned...

So I am aging, overweight, have had over 50 kidney stones and 5 surgeries to remove them when they were impacted, and have given birth to 6...

As you know, I have just turned 70.  It has been a rough ride yet filled with lots of joy and blessings. A lot of the joy in my life has bee...

As we grow older, we often find we cannot handle stress as well as we did when we were young.  These days, I find that a peaceful home and l...

When one is first diagnosed with an illness, it is quite common to be in disbelief or even denial. After all, some illnesses come as a...

A woman who suffers from a chronic illness or disability often finds herself at the end of "normals'" ideas of being tire...

So for the last few days I have been enjoying a respite from fibromyalgia pain. The weather has been lovely and sunny and the warmth has per...

So I did it again! Instead of cleaning up after dinner, I went to bed with dishes in the sink. I hate when I do that! I mean, with f...