I love planting things. I love growth in all things. I am actually a farmer’s daughter and have a vigorous green thumb but by the time I came along, as the youngest of four daughters, they were off the farm … Continue reading →

Those of us who live with chronic pain each day of our lives, have so many issues to deal with; as if the pain isn’t enough? In the Fairness Act written by Mother Nature, Fate or the Devil, they didn’t … Continue reading →

DEM BONES, DEM BONES, a classic spiritual written by African-American author and composer, James Weldon Johnson believed to have been written sometime around 1928 is actually a retelling of a passage in the Old Testament. Who knew we could get … Continue reading →

My mornings begin, I’m certain, like many of your mornings do. I awake with a sense of disappointment when I realize I am awake, must move my body and limp into the bathroom. I’ve already been through this process at … Continue reading →

You can relate to the following, henceforth to be known as CPP’s. Let’s take a look at all the small, large and goofy areas of life many of us share in a life with chronic pain. Maybe we will each … Continue reading →

I’ve been at this chronic illness business for many years now. I’m still here, obviously, so I must have received some good care along the way. It hasn’t hurt, on my behalf to be an RN. Little did I know … Continue reading →

When I decided to write this blog about doctors I have known, my mind immediately filled with so many memories, scenarios and opinions. I should explain I have seen doctors from both sides of the aisle, or patient bed. As … Continue reading →

Either I accept my limitations while challenging them: Or I let them drain away all joy from my life, one tiny drip at a time. Either I lie here and feel the full weight of my self-pity: Or I get … Continue reading →

I found the start key That was easy enough, Because it started without me I landed in the rough. I can’t say I was normal But as healthy as the rest, Now I’m distinctly different And have just one request. … Continue reading →

Every day when I awaken, I have to raise a rhetorical finger just to gauge the wind of my pain; how much will there be and how far will it push me around as the morning and afternoon progress. It … Continue reading →