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What Do You Know About Rare Diseases?

Rare diseases. Know much? Do children? Last week’s guest post educated us about FAP and SBS and helped us understand how support encouraged her as a teenager. Today, let’s look at Jenny Jones’ children’s book, Life’s A Polyp, with Zeke and Katie. My first injury occurred in 1978 but remained undiagnosed until 1982. Even then, […]

I’m The Biggest Helper With Momma’s Autoimmune Disease

In today’s guest post I interview Heather Yaskiw Foisy about her excellent children’s book. Today I want to take a moment to introduce Heather Yaskiw Foisy who is a chronic illness patient, advocate, and author. Heather and I recently connected via an online chronic illness bloggers group. Like me, Heather aims to help bring knowledge […]

Informational video now available for Sunbreaks in Unending Storms

Yay! After months of working, we have finally finished the video trailer for our book, Sunbreaks in Unending Storms! We have uploaded it to YouTube and Vimeo. We hope you will check it out soon! This video is what has consumed so much of my available time to be up. Not only did I have […]

Hope Amid the Pain by Leslie McKee

Leslie McKee’s Hope Amid the Pain: Hanging On to Positive Expectations When Battling Chronic Pain and Illness is a devotion book for people with chronic illness. She writes as a chronically ill person herself. Her experiences parallel mine, even though our problems differ. Each of the 60 days examines one subject about the pain and […]

Sunbreaks in Unending Storms Available Now

Finally! Months later than we anticipated! But we’re announcing that our book, Sunbreaks in Unending Storms, is published and available now! Joe — FJ in the book — and I decided about six years ago to write our story. We reasoned that having survived and thrived nearly forty years, our story could inspire others who […]

Reading Is Relaxing, Enjoyable, Helpful, Encouraging, Informative

Hi friends. This fifth Friday, I decided to revisit books about invisible disabilities that I have reviewed. I hope one of them may enrich your life. Not all books are specifically related to chronic illnesses, but we can learn—or just enjoy—each one. I wrote a short introduction with a link to my full review. Beneath […]

Introducing Our New Book: Sunbreaks in Unending Storms

This is the big project keeping my husband, Joe, and me busy. Sunbreaks in Unending Storms, by Carole and FJ Griffitts, surveys the world of invisible disabilities, how to live there, and how to help. Our tentative publication date is April 5 when it will appear on Amazon and other Internet retailers. Author Info An […]

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 […]

“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.

Panic 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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