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It’s That Time of Year Again — for Giving Thanks

Of course, giving thanks is an integral part of Thanksgiving. We know Thanksgiving Day is coming soon, but it will be over soon. However, we can give thanks all year, even as chronically ill people. How? Our lives are hard and disappointing. Let’s focus on what we still have, not what we’ve lost. Today, let’s […]

Thanksgiving and Gratitude – An Unbeatable Link

Of course, we always link Thanksgiving and gratitude together. We know Thanksgiving Day is coming soon, but it will be here and then gone. However, gratitude can last all year. How? Life is so hard and disappointing, but we can focus on what we still have and not what we’ve lost. 2020, with all its […]

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, […]

Giving 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, […]

Thanksgiving – With a Little Help

Creating a Thanksgiving invisibly disabled people can participate in and enjoy takes advance planning and some imagination and even ingenuity.Sometimes, it’s hard for a person to be thankful when he’s hurting or she’s sidelined. Or maybe he’s just received an unwanted diagnosis. Perhaps she’s going through a time of exacerbation.Here are some ideas for you […]

Expressing Gratitude for Caregivers

Gratitude for Caregivers - Why? For nearly forty years, Joe has faithfully aided Carole to enable her participation in life. That alone is reason for gratitude. Recently, he penned these words about caregiving. “Caregivers set aside some personal things like time and energy. Time to care about, with, and for the loved one. They do […]

Looking for Scraps!

What do you do when your storms rage? Thankful invisibly disabled people can face a raging storm easier. You just got a new, unwelcome diagnosis. Your symptoms ratcheted way up beyond belief. Something went wrong in your family. You just couldn’t go to that special get-together. How about looking for a scrap? . . . […]

Caregivers for Invisibly Disabled

Cautions and Kudos for the Caregivers for Invisibly Disabled (other caregivers, too) Are you a caregiver? Have a caregiver? Know a caregiver? Dwellers may have invisible disabilities, but their caregivers seem “invisible”, too. If people don’t see – or believe – the disabilities, how can they see the caregiver? Or that the caregiver himself […]

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