I promise I will return tomorrow with a content rich post but today I needed to stop by and quickly share a few more exciting things with y’all. {Did you see the exciting things from yesterday?} First of all, I am excited to be contributing to a wonderful community called The Intentional Lifestyle. The site…
Category Archives: health
10 Things I’ve learned about living with invisible illness
I have been living with invisible illness {diagnosed} since 2008. Chronic pain, fatigue and bizarre symptoms are part of my everyday life. Statistics tell us that 1 out of every 2 Americans lives with a chronic illness {diabetes, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, etc.} I know I am not alone. So, why do I…
Money buys clutter and other life lessons
How do we get so attached to things that will one day be trash? I watch the show, Hoarders, with a special perspective. I spent a few years of my life in the trenches of stuff with clients that did not know how they came to live in such a desperate way. Some homes I…
Parenting and illness
There is a sad story circulating the news outlets that has mothers {including myself} outraged. A judge in North Carolina has taken primary custody of a mother’s young children away, mostly because she is battling stage 4 breast cancer. {A summary of the story and other posts on the web can be found here.} While…
Peace and Quiet
Thank you all for your prayers. I had a great time speaking at a local father/daughter banquet last Friday evening and God granted me not just the words but the stamina to deliver them. I am in a place of rest, quiet and peace. A beautiful place to be, honestly. Different circumstances would be preferable…
Is this my kid?
He is his father’s child. In possession of the calm-no-matter-the-circumstance sort of way that is stable and solid. His voice on the phone did not even waver as he said “Mama, I can’t see anything out of my left eye“. I had to ask if he was serious, such normal tone and timbre. He was…
The day I didn’t die
Two years ago today I did not die. Two years ago today my husband dialed 911 after I lost consciousness. Two years ago I arrived via ambulance to the emergency room “in a fairly severe amount of physical distress and unresponsive…showing cyanosis peripherally as well as centrally. Cool to touch and diaphoretic. Difficulty getting a…
Silent Inflammation- Interview with Dr. Sears
Yesterday, I had the privilege to interview Dr. Barry Sears (MD), author of several books including New York Times bestseller, The Zone. As someone that lives with autoimmune diseases (multiple sclerosis and systemic lupus), which have been linked to chronic inflammation, I had a lot of questions for the doctor and looked forward to hearing his…
MRSA and our teens
**Welcome to Teen/Tween Thursday! If you have a post about parenting teens/tweens please link it up below** Several months ago I participated in a webinar with Grant Hill and Clorox about the dangers of MRSA, particularly in schools and locker rooms. I enjoyed the call, received a lot of information and my son got a…
Taking care of the Dads in our lives
When I met my husband, he was underweight. I mean he weighed less than I do now by about 30 pounds underweight and he was 6’2″. After we had been dating for a few months, I felt like our relationship was established enough to suggest that he go to the doctor. He said, “I don’t…
