Today is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day (May 12, in case you are coming to this post later), and I thought it was an appropriate day to share a post on how I #defypain and how I'm Surviving Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia is characterized by widespread chronic pain, and while I may look healthy, and … [Read more...]
Inspirational Posts
Whether it was a song that inspired me, or a post that someone else shared, or just something random in the world, I hope these posts provide you with a little inspiration.
Dylan’s Letter: My Mom Has Fibromyalgia
My Mom has Fibromyalgia. Actually, yes my mom does, too, but this isn't about her. This is the story about a 10-year-old boy who saw someone struggling and stopped to ask the hard questions. Sometime its the littlest ones in our life that take your breath away with their love, compassion, and … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: My Mom is My Inspiration
Today is Mother's Day and as I started this week and realized that this day was coming I couldn't help but think about how much my mom is my inspiration in life. I was probably like most teenage girls who "hated" their mom. I felt like she kept me from doing so many things as a kid. There were a … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Just don’t give up
"Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong." - Ella Fitzgerald My inspiration this week is from somewhat of a different source. Last week I was introduced to the story of Mike Persi - now known as Miracle Mike … [Read more...]
Sunday Inspiration: Turn Into the Skid
When you feel your car go into a skid, should you: a) try to hold the wheel as steady as possibleb) steer into the skid c) step on the brake d) take your foot off the gas e) floor it f) steer in the direction you want the car to go. I can hear you now asking "Julie, WTH does this have to do … [Read more...]
Solving the Fibromyalgia Puzzle
Have you ever thought about fibromyalgia as a puzzle to solve? Often we think of fibromyalgia as one big thing and as a result we look for one big solid answer, But perhaps the answer is really more of a puzzle with many pieces that need to be fit together. That's the thought that my friend Donna … [Read more...]
5 Tips for Staying Positive Despite Chronic Illness
5 Tips for Staying Positive Despite Chronic Illness When you live with chronic illness, life can be rough and it can be very difficult to remain positive. The little things often drag us down, we focus inward, and we forget to notice the small joys in life, while the small (and large) negatives … [Read more...]
My Chronic Illness Dream
Chronic Mom wrote an amazing post about Why People Don't Care About the Chronically Ill, then she wrote this great follow-up post. As I read it I saw this one section and it resounded with me as something that I've dreamed. If I could ask for just one thing to change about my chronic illness, this … [Read more...]
The Importance of Being Vulnerable
Vulnerability is difficult. Too often we associate vulnerability with weakness. Even looking at the thesaurus for synonyms that's what we find, weakness, exposed, sitting duck, naked, defenseless. But, what we don't realize is that it's the avoiding vulnerability that really makes us weak. … [Read more...]
Accepting Your Diagnosis
Acceptance is one of the five stages of grief, and it is not the first one. So, it's not a surprise that it's a struggle for many of us to accept our diagnosis. If you're like me, you've probably gone rounds with this, at times accepting your diagnosis only to follow it with another round of being … [Read more...]
