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Today – A Good Day for Memories

At times, we chronically ill people need to make memories and take time to take them out and enjoy them. Sometimes these memories occurred before our problems started; sometimes they happened during our hard times. These past two months have been very difficult for me and for my family. So, now I will take some […]

When A Caregiver Needs Care, Part Two

Lydia Beier’s, A Caregiver Needs Care, Part 2, tells how caring for her father impacted her own health issues. Read the beginning of the story in Part 1. Lydia experiences several disabling chronic illnesses and writes about this, her faith, and other issues on her website, Being Lydia. Lydia’s story continues In my first post […]

When A Caregiver Needs Care, Part One

Do you have physical challenges, yet have a family member who needs help? Lydia Beier’s, a caregiver needs care, introduces her father and why he needs assistance. Lydia herself experiences several disabling chronic illnesses. She writes about this, her faith, and other issues on her website, Being Lydia. Anyone dealing with chronic illness/pain knows that […]

Suzan Jackson’s Finding a New Normal – A Book Review

Suzan Jackson’s Finding a New Normal: Living Your Best Life with Chronic Illness pictures living with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), and several other chronic illnesses, for 20 years. Her two sons developed ME/CFS while children; one son no longer has it, but the other also contracted Lyme disease. So, Sue speaks from in-depth experience as […]

The Staredown

Francee Strain Francee introduces our new guest writer segment; it will air every first Friday of the month. Her unexpected face-to-face meeting with the buck (pictured above) in her backyard provided the inspiration for “Staredown.” That encounter gave rise to this article about what we see when we stare at ourselves. Checkout her website, Come […]

Make Time for fun! But Why Should I? How?

Fun and invisible disabilities. Really? On our bad days, that sounds like an oxymoron—impossible to achieve. Maybe during horrible times, you can’t have “fun.” But for a healthy mental state, fun needs to be and can be incorporated into our daily lives. Fun can be defined as enjoyment or playfulness. It can be something that […]

Practically Speaking – What Can You Do?

For the invisibly disabled, practical actions vary according to their specific challenges. Some are blind. Others are deaf. Still others deal with PTSD. Many people live with chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia. Then there are people like me with neurologic conditions. My problem: severe fatigability keeps me from walking very far. I cannot walk into […]

Finding Your Balance Relates to Accepting Invisible Disabilities

“My own personal balance between humility, confidence, independence, and dependence was still sorting itself out.” Finding balance in your attitudes and activities helps in the process of accepting your limitations. The quote above shows the approach Captain Scotty Smiley, a blind Army officer, used in coming to terms with his loss of sight. Each of […]

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