Gratitude — Improving Life for the Chronically Ill
Gratitude: the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful. Gratitude and chronic illness. An oxymoron, right?. Am I sure that gratitude is even possible for the invisibly disabled? Yes! It just may require effort. One Thanksgiving—that time for expressing gratefulness—I was so severely weakened that I could not cook our dinner. Friends stepped in, […]
Continue readingGood planning? Yes. Wonderful trip? Yes. Problem-free? No
Dwellers, are you isolated by your challenges? Want to travel, but don’t feel like you can? Maybe you can — with careful planning.
Continue readingUnexpected Triple Yuk Prevented Me from Writing!
For the first fifteen minutes, I thought it was just my regular, annoying world-spinning type. It soon progressed to severe and I was unable to do anything for most of the rest of the day.
Continue reading“Beneath the Surface” by Kristi Hugstad – An Excerpt
But suicide is too common among the invisibly disabled community, also. These ideas are also beneficial for adults. If you, or someone you know, is thinking about suicide, get helpful info. Read this book. If the person is already serious, TELL SOMEONE who can help. Or call this help line: 1-800-273-8255.
Continue readingLive AGAIN! But how can I?
"I was assigned a role for which I did not audition. Yet I have the power to choose how I will live out that story and play that role. I want to live my story well and play my role with as much integrity and joy as I can." (P. 195)* These words are a […]
Continue readingLoving, Powerful God Who Heals: Why Not Me?
Healing and invisible disabilities is a thorny question. So, Loving, Powerful God Who Heals: Why Not Me? I don't know. But today, I'd like to put forth some possibilities as we consider the subject. If God can heal me, why won't He? A thorny question, one Christians and non-Christians alike wrestle with. For the last […]
Continue readingWhat Happens When the Caregiver Needs Help – Our Story
Our caregivers are super important to us – sometimes critical to our well-being. So what happens when they need help? Stroke stories. Read ours. Come along on our journey through the storms of strokes. Our story, short version Day #1 July 22, 2019, six days after our 53rd anniversary, one day before Joe's 74th birthday, […]
Continue readingDemonstrate Care to The Chronically Ill in Your Church
Do you attend church regularly? Are you more-or-less healthy? Or are you invisibly chronically ill? What do you think about chronic illness and church care? Depending on which, you may have differing views of the compassionate care your church displays. This post deals more with that care and compassion than with specific ideas for helping. […]
Continue readingHealthy People – This Post’s for You!
Connected Carole's note: Due to a sick day – not mine, but my husband, Joe's – this is a shortened version of what I intended to write about "Dear Healthy People" by Ken McKim. We spent seven hours in the ER yesterday and found out that Joe had had a tiny stroke (not a TIA […]
Continue readingPanic Free by Tom Bunn, A Book Review
Panic Free by Tom Bunn Panic Free: The 10-Day Program to End Panic, Anxiety, and Claustrophobia by Tom Bunn "In a state of near panic, most people are simply incapable of rational thought. Under stress, imagination takes over, and a situation that is not life-threatening is experienced as life-threatening. That is the first factor that […]
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