Lately I have been battling chronic health issues. My fatigue has hung around me like a wet blanket. My pain levels are so high that I can...

  Depression is often related to one having a sense of loss to something dear to them. In my case I am grieving the loss of my adult childre...

  How you think is how you live... and when life is tough, thinking on those things that are good, and pure will influence if you are just s...

  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...

When I have no spoons or motivation to do housework, I often watch Youtube videos of people cleaning their home. Sometimes it works ...

    Lately, I have realised that one of the reasons for my high blood pressure is probably in the way I stress about not being able to do wh...

We chronically ill women always have times when we feel that we are barely holding it all together. We are literally becoming unravelled...

It amazes me how many people are uninformed about something yet feel compelled to give an opinion or advice about it. When I got fibromyalgi...

It may seem strange to some, but even in the worst pain, you will find me playing Candy Crush in an effort to distract my mind from the pain...

We chronically ill women always have times when we feel that we are barely holding it all together. We are literally becoming unravelled...

We chronically ill women try so hard to do "normal" things. Like look well. Be cheerful. Be patient. Kind. Hospitable. Our family ...

  I have not been writing for some time now. I have had health problems and my husband, Chris has also had serious health issues. Life has b...

Next month I will turn 68 and in all honesty, it has been a bumpy ride. All manner of tribulations, trials and hurts have been interspersed ...

  Ever since childhood, I have been a person who loves close contact. I needed to be loved, but sadly that was something that I longed f...

There was a time when I fought taking medicines. It was at a time when the sermons were about what you say is what you get. Claiming ...

When I have prolonged flares of my fibromyalgia, like at the moment, I often lapse into depression. Often this is brought on by false...

As you probably know, we are in the process of finding a new rental to live in. We are currently living in a fifth wheeler , but I have ...

M y husband and I have experienced the reality of knowing, “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the trut...

As you probably know, I am trying to cope with heart problems, arthritis, fibromyalgia and back problems. That should be enough to cope...

When we are constantly bombarded with health problems and in constant pain, it is very easy to fall into the self-pity trap. We feel n...