Love always wins
“Fight against something and we focus on what we hate. Fight for something and we focus on what we love.” -Simon Sinek ————————————————————————————————————————————— I love this quote… more now than ever. As I sit here in front of my computer, tears streaming down and my hands shaking, I can hardly believe that I’m writing this. […]
Drum roll please ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… behold, my first recipe post. Okay, so that was maybe a little dramatic but this is a bit of a surreal moment. I NEVER in my life thought that I would be creating recipes, let alone sharing them with anyone.
“Your periphery is not an appropriate place for your identity to live.” – Erin Motz For me, identity has always been a very convoluted idea, strung along by ambiguity and ignorance. In other words, I think I’ve always understood the significance of knowing one’s identity but never actually put the effort into building my own. […]
“Struggle and criticism are prerequisites for greatness. That is the law of this universe and no one can escape it. Because pain is life, but you can choose which type. Either the pain on the road to success or the pain of being haunted with regret.” –
We think the opposite of love is hate… but it isn’t. The opposite of love is fear.
It’s been awhile since I’ve written a post to simply update everyone on treatment and how things have been (at least, physically). I figure it’s about time. Where to even start though? In the spirit of a true Lymie (cute nickname for patients suffering from this awful disease, huh? – it gives us some camaraderie), […]
Have you watched the Tony Robbins’ documentary on Netflix yet? If not, you definitely should! It’s called, Tony Robbins: I am not your Guru; however, it should be called, Tony Robbins: I’m Your F^&#*^% Guru (You’ll understand why after you watch it). To take that one step further, my husband and I were talking about […]
*So, I actually wrote this post a little over a month ago, on my birthday. In my struggle and procrastination though, I never got around to posting it …but I think it’s still a worthwhile read (at least for me it was). Re-reading it today has helped me to remember to search for the good […]
In the spirit of honesty, I must admit that things have been pretty rough lately. Not only have I been experiencing a major flair in symptoms, but my emotional and mental states seem to be running amuck. It’s really disheartening and discouraging to have made so much progress only to backslide so far.
Today is May 1, 2016, which you undoubtedly already know without me writing it here. (It’s significant though. I promise.) This is the date I committed to launch my blog – the day I set as a deadline to end my silence.
“Honor the space between no longer and not yet.” This saying, by Nancy Levin, has become one of my all-time favorite quotes as of recently.
I stopped writing almost completely when I first began treatment. It was by no choice of my own but that of my body’s unwillingness to cooperate. I couldn’t look at the computer screen without pain, I couldn’t sit upright in a chair for more than a few minutes, and I couldn’t string together coherent thoughts […]
In this world, we punish innocence. One of my favorite quotes is by the author, Robert R. McCannon. It goes like this:
I’m just going to preface this by saying that me being diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is not something I usually talk about. It’s not that I’m ashamed of it exactly, it’s more that I don’t really know how to put it into words. Well, it’s that, and the way people tend to react.
Driving home from Target tonight, I was struck with tears and overcome by joy. It dawned on me that this was the farthest away from home I had driven myself in over a year! Not only that, but I was also able to walk (without a cane or a
I found this poem. I wrote it a few years ago …before I was diagnosed with late stage Lyme disease …and in the throes of a losing battle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
I am exhausted… beyond exhausted really. But I am grateful. For my life, my love, and for the strength of my immune system and heart. Thank you for that. “A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.” – unknown
One thing that I still don’t understand is why we equate size to health. As a nation we believe that the skinnier we are, the healthier we are. Knowing that this is so far from the truth and convincing myself of it however, are two entirely different things… and that makes me angry. Angry at the […]
Lyme disease has stolen my life away from me – not just since starting treatment but in the years of hell I endured silently prior to a correct diagnosis. I was misdiagnosed with more diseases and conditions than I can count. Because I
Remaining hopeful is I think the single greatest challenge I’ve faced throughout the course of my illness – certainly since I began treatment almost a year ago. To remain hopeful seems such a simple concept and yet, I have found that mustering even one morsel is near impossible some days.