To my parents defense, they raised me with a great deal of common sense and by the time I reached my mid-twenties I had learned to be a bit jaded and not fall for the lot – most of the time anyway. Nevertheless, in my teens and early twenties, I […]
healing lyme
In college at a summer leadership retreat in Michigan, I received a spectacular life altering gift. No, it wasn’t the racoons who came into our cabin univited each day. And it wasn’t the free square dancing lessons. As an artist, I take great delight in visual eye candy – not […]
Spectacular!!
I don’t know about the rest of you, but begin with the lack of knowledge about lyme, add in its complexities and vocabulary to my brain fog and I live in confusion. In Charlie Brown, when the teacher would talk, there were never actual words, just the weird sound of […]
Wa Wa Wa, Wah Wah Wah Wah
Calm Dragon, Move Mountains. It sounds like a Native American name, right? Its a new mantra that just adopted me – I’ll tell you how in a minute. I don’t know if any of you are fans of Dances with Wolves, or remember the character “Stands with a Fist”. I […]
Calm Dragon – Move Mountains
My Icing looks like Oatmeal….. I have had many challenges in creating food my family will eat in spite of all of our many food sensitivities and allergies. Birthdays being the worst offenders because I am not an excellent cook or baker but still want my kids to have a […]
My Icing Looks Like Oatmeal…..
Its not a surgery, or post op, or ICU, or a cast or sling kind of illness. Having and overcoming Chronic Lyme disease feels like an invisible illness. Difficult to diagnose and heal and for others to see the torment and suffering it takes to survive it. Post Lyme hosts […]