How To Find New Purpose With Chronic Illness

Connected Carole’s note: my apologies for not presenting Part Two of Lydia’s post about caregiving for her father when she herself needed care. Lydia has experienced a severe flare. Please keep an eye out for it as I will post it when she is able to write again. Meanwhile, please enjoy Patti Burkett’s guest post […]

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My Lights Went Out! Was I Prepared?

Power outages and chronically ill people—a disaster or merely an annoyance? The difference? Advance planning. I must be a slow learner because I wrote about this in June 2020 but did not put my advice into action. (Or the steps in the post in December 2015.) So, this led to problems the other night. The […]

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Live 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 […]

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Moving When You Have a Disability

Unfortunately, many homes aren’t designed with the disabled in mind. Just viewing a new home can be arduous. However, despite the obstacles you may face, there are things you can do to make the experience easier on yourself or your loved ones. The first step to researching a new house is figuring out if it […]

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