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Won't Back Down — Are you tired and weary of your fight for health? Are you still beating the same drum just to turn up some answers about why you are so sick? Just in case you thought you were all alone, I thought this story might help. You see thousands of years ago, […]

Won’t Back Down

21 Mar, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

treasured — Wow, you think. That’s sure a presumptuous statement. How could you be His favorite? Are you really more special than I am, or than everyone else? Your feathers are ruffled. You suddenly think I’m an egoist and your opinion of me shifts to disdain. Hmmmmphhhh. Wait. Before you get mad, […]

I am His Favorite.

25 Feb, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

635881210677938907-zika-virus — I’ve been doing my best to just ignore it. I have known in my heart what was going on, just like with the over-hyped media uproar over the measles at Disney last year. The media loves to terrify us in the latest “something is going to kill you” story. Death […]

Who’s Manipulating the Emergencies – My $1.8 Billion RANT

8 Feb, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

I’ve watched people in physical strife before. Loved ones fighting cancer mostly, or recovering from a car accident, or sports injury or knee replacement type of surgeries. I can’t speak for them, but I can speak for me and my kids. I don’t know how hard it is to fight […]

Who said it was easy to Heal?

1 Feb, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

I’m not the only one who has uttered these words. Why me? Why this disease? Why now? Why this road? The more you suffer, the more you “see” people not suffering, well initially. Unfortunately, this question, these questions will not get answered this side of heaven. We don’t get to […]

Why This Road?

24 Jan, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

11a6093b963484cca78d927994a35691-711x563 — I’ve been reminded lately in life some serious battle plans, and since I have two members of my household that play Risk, I’ll put this into battle strategy terminology. If you want to win the war, each battle must be part of the whole strategy for winning. Each battle must […]

A Position of Strength – (Fighting for your life from ...

20 Jan, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

meanwhile-in-australia-00015 — Is anybody a Columbo fan? You know how he would always ask that zinger question just as he was about to leave, almost as an afterthought? And it would be the one seemingly insignificant question that would change the entire investigation? So, how could a few seemingly insignificant events going […]

Meanwhile…..

7 Jan, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

anniversary being alive — The beginning of January hold two special anniversaries for me. The first is sobriety and its a doozy this year. I double eye blink and shake my head even as I type this. I’ve been sober for 15 years. The last time I got drunk was over 15 years ago, […]

Happy Anniversary – TWICE

4 Jan, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

Happy-new-year — I’m not sure where you are in your healing process, but at each step of the journey to healing we are all faced with the question of what my “new normal” will be. What will it look like? Can I do anything I used to do? Will I be NORMAL […]

Happy – Finding-Your-New-Normal – New Year!

1 Jan, 2016 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis

wise-men-gifts — At a children’s program recently, the speaker’s topic was the Wise Men and so it’s made me think more about them this Christmas season and notice images of them every where I go. I began to think about how much our journey through this Lyme disease relates to the Magi’s journey. […]

Lyme and the Wise Men

25 Dec, 2015 in Uncategorized by justlivinglikethis