Mental Health (or the Lack of It)
Day 21 – Write about mental health Dear Reader, You might be fed up with me talking about mental health, or rather the lack of it, but I had some … Read More The post Mental Health (or the Lack of It)...
View ArticleOnce More, with Feeling
Day 30 – Recap National Health Blog Post Month Sitting here in the last hours of November 30, I feel a lot of things. I hope it wouldn’t be too … Read More The post Once More, with Feeling appeared...
View ArticleSister, Can You Spare A Dream?
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 5 #HAWMC – If I could do anything as a Health Activist… Think big today! Money/time/physical limitations are … Read More...
View ArticleTo My Future Self
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 6 #HAWMC – Write a letter to an older you (tell us what age you’re writing to!). What … Read More The post To My Future...
View ArticleActivist Love
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 14 #HAWMC – Thank a few of your fellow Health Activists for what they have done. Call them out … Read More The post...
View ArticleFit, Fat and Chronically Ill
I wrote this post back on January 6, 2013. I suppose like anyone who is considered medically obese, I get nervous giving an audience ammunition. However, I’ve let that fear … Read More The post Fit,...
View ArticleWatermark
A watermark is an outline of the tide’s advance and retreat. In some ways I feel like I am part of that outline, lying at low ebb, among the beautiful … Read More The post Watermark appeared first on...
View ArticleIt’s Not Just Me
This post discusses a medical procedure vividly, as well as memories of a suicide attempt. I do not recommend reading it if you find such descriptions triggering. Please stay responsible … Read More...
View ArticleSystemically Connected
I’ve long wanted to try my hand at vlogging (video blogging). Not because I think I’m a natural spokesperson (I’m not, I’m an introvert), but because I like to challenge … Read More The post...
View ArticleTalking Isn’t Enough
I took part in a Twitter chat last night that debated the seemingly obvious impact of physical health issues on mental health issues, and vice versa. I say obvious, because … Read More The post Talking...
View ArticleIt’s Lonely Out Here
Day 15 – Nominate someone for a Health Activist Award bit.ly/haawards12 & write a post about why you nominated them! If I could, I’d nominate everyone who has ever spoken … Read More The post It’s...
View ArticleGuest Post: Caregiving 101
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 9 #HAWMC – As a parent with health conditions or parent to a child(ren) with health conditions, what do you hope you’re...
View ArticleWhere I Stand
I’m taking part in WEGO Health’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 16 #HAWMC – Tell us 3 things that are true about you, your condition, or your Health Activism. Tell us 1 lie. Will we be...
View ArticleIllness and Loss
The main symptom of the disaster was the kitchen. For the past four weeks, supplies from the constantly aborted deck painting project mingled with dirty dishes, even though not much food was eaten....
View ArticleLife Interrupted, Again
I had big hopes for this year. I still do. However, the difference is those hopes have been modified from the impossible, unrealistic ones I had grasped for as I fled 2013, and have reformed as...
View ArticleMeet Me at World Autoimmune Arthritis Day 14
I can’t begin to catch you up on where I’ve been lately. Mostly, it’s the continuing saga of a long string of challenges. I can no longer categorize these challenges as either “good” or “bad”. I’m...
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