Author Archive: ConnectedCarole
Christmas Is Coming Fast! Can You Help Your Friend?
Christmas season. Guests … parties … programs … gifts. Busyness. If you as a healthy person feel the time pressure, can you imagine how your invisibly disabled friends feel? Christmas and invisibly disabled people make a difficult combination. The encouragement of being helped At a very low time in my life — extreme fatigue and […]
Continue readingLook for Blue Sky
Fog shrouded everything this morning as we traveled home. What a gloomy day! Then welcome rays of sunshine peeked through the thinning fog. As we drove on, the fog further dissipated, revealing a sky full of clouds. Beautiful clouds. Some white and fluffy. Others dark and ominous. The more the fog disappeared, the more clouds […]
Continue readingChronic Illness and Money Pain
Finances for invisibly disabled people continue to be a huge area of concern. Last month, a professional CPA offered us advice and tips. Today, Katarina Zulak, of Skillfully Aware, shares her experiences. Pick up ideas from them both. And be sure to check out Katarina's website.—CaroleConnects Chronic Illness and Money Pain: The Honest Truth About Coping with Lost […]
Continue readingGiving thanks — me? You have to be kidding!
An invisibly disabled Thanksgiving can be a challenging project! Is your life rotten right now? Really rotten? Or maybe this is a good patch right now? Did you know that if you look hard enough, you can find SOME thing to be thankful for? I’m going through one of those awful times right now. Well, […]
Continue readingWill You Love the New & Improved Navigating the Storms?
If you’ve been following this site, you’ve already seen some Navigating the Storms changes in the looks. I hope these and future changes will help you navigate your storms easier. Technology changes! That’s good and bad! This time, the change forced me to make major changes in the looks of Navigating the Storms. As technology […]
Continue readingTips for Improving Finances Despite a Disability
Editor’s note: Brittany Fisher, CPA, wrote the following article for us about finances and disabilities. She offers good advice, as our financial situations are often more difficult because of decreased income and increased medical costs. No matter where your disability came from, it’s something you and your family did not plan on. You can stay […]
Continue readingUnable to Write – Sad – Sick This Week
I was unable to finish the post I’d planned for this week. Joe was sick earlier this week, and he just had to share it with me! So, I need to manage my challenges by resting and taking care of myself, so this doesn’t cause a flare-up. Bye for now I just didn’t want you […]
Continue readingI’m SO Lonely! What Can I Do?
Loneliness. An emotion most, if not all, dwellers have too much experience with. We often cannot alter our isolation, but we can choose to respond to it in ways that might help us feel less lonely. Scenario #1: I’m sitting in my wheelchair beside the trail waiting for my family to return from hiking further […]
Continue readingLoneliness Is Hard! Can You Help Me?
Do you know an invisibly disabled person? Think before you say, “No.” The key word is invisible, so you may know, work alongside, or attend school with such a person. Do you know someone who seems lazy? Maybe they are; but maybe they aren’t; maybe they live with severe pain and/or weakness. Does someone ignore […]
Continue readingBlank Calendar Days
Sam, a successful, busy executive manager--a career she loved--was forced into medical retirement while only in her mid-forties by quick-forming multiple medical conditions. She chooses to see the positive side of her new life. She looks for the beneficial in her days now. See her planning as chronically ill person. Hope you enjoy her views. […]
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