by Kate | Mar 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
>I am overwhelmed by the number of bloggers writing about living with chronic illness. I bump into them right and left. My monster mind says, “See? You’re not special. You’re a dime a dozen.No point in adding your voice to the clamor. Just be...
by Kate | Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
>We are heading off to visit Walt Disney World for what may be (my husband and I have quietly admitted to each other) our last family vacation. “Last” because my health is making travel more complicated and difficult.When I was diagnosed almost 30 years...
by Kate | Mar 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
>If you follow these posts, you know I have a tendency toward activity: 12 steps to do this, five reasons to do that, fill the bingo card with M&Ms…A few nights ago, I was led in a guided meditation to imagine an encounter with a Great Healer. Imagine the...
by Kate | Feb 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
>”Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” —Marcus AureliusI can’t do some of the things I used to do—can’t do them at all.I certainly can’t do all of the things that I used to do....
by Kate | Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
>The huge snow piles around me are beginning to melt. Surviving the cold is becoming less of an issue. I’m starting to believe there may be life after winter.I’m remembering where I was – in many aspects of my life – in November and wanting to return to...
by Kate | Feb 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
>A woman asked me “how long does it take to get to that new normal?” She was talking about the idea that, living with chronic illness, our bodies change and we adjust until we get to a new normal.I don’t think my answer was very helpful. I talked...
