This week has been pretty tough. I don’t have a lot to say so instead will leave you with these quotes. “It doesn’t much matter how you manage the illness. It just matters that you do.” Sally Brampton, from “Shoot the Damn Dog” “I accepted that essentially there is no point – the doing is…
Christmas isn’t always “the most wonderful time of the year.” Here are some tips for managing the holiday season with a chronic illness.
Writers with chronic illnesses, whether that’s fibromyalgia, mental health issues, ALS, multiple sclerosis, etc., often feel like we are seriously limited in our ability to produce quality work. Here are five tips to help you do what you can without using up all of your spoons.
I’ve mentioned previously on the blog that dealing with a chronic illness can make it difficult to plan for the future. I want to talk about this in a bit more detail. When I talk about planning for the future, I’m thinking about two different things: (1) planning for a specific event: a conference, workshop,…
It’s absolutely pouring outside. The wind is blowing the rain up against the windows as if it’s trying to get in the house, while water streams off the outside shed roofs. The bog out back is quickly filling up, and our yard has become a puddled, muddy quagmire. The sky is heavy and dark, and…
Watershed Moments: Thoughts from the Hydrosphere 