What A Mess – Cleaning and Chronic Illness

Here I am, airing my mess again on the internet. At least this time it's my actual craft room mess, not my...um...inner mess. (Long and picture-heavy post warning!) And there it is. Slightly blurry picture from shaky, chronic trembly hands and all, my mess in all its glory. Oh, hi there Milo! I've been blessed…

I Hit A New Low Yesterday

Have you ever done something as a Spoonie that made you stop a moment and say "I definitely just hit a new low"? Let me tell you all a little story. About a year ago, I went out for a rare day of fun with my family. We went to a town about 20-30 minutes…

2018 – Year of Finishes

Hey everyone. Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you. I'm really terrible about posting in a timely fashion for all these holiday things lol. It's been a while again since I posted, but this time I have good excuses. (Not like I usually don't, but...) I've been spending a lot of…

The Journey

Whoever said that "it's not about the destination, it's about the journey" clearly didn't realize they were full of bullshit. I guess that's not very nice of me to say, because I'm sure they were a very lovely person, and it's a great positive motivational saying that reminds you in the end it's all worth…

Lady Gaga Opens Up About Chronic Pain and Fibromyalgia

Life can take strange turns, sometimes. Last week, around the time I was making my first new post to the blog in a nine month break, I was struggling to come up with good topics to start posting about to turn the focus back on the point of the blog - chronic illness. I figured…

Guest Post: The Caregiver’s Struggle

Hello friends and followers. You know, thus far on this blog, I've shared a lot of glimpses into the "happy times" of chronic illness - the very few happy times of chronic illness, that is. You know, the ability to at least keep on doing what I love - crafting - while still struggling with…

The Ugly Truth

The other day, Michelle called me "brave". And of course, I took it as a compliment, like anyone else would. But over the past 24 hours I've been thinking about that word - brave. What does that word mean? According to Merriam-Webster online, the simple definition of brave is "feeling or showing no fear; not…