by Callie | Jul 20, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, hope, Uncategorized
I’ve had a tough week inside my skull, a place I like to call my turtle shell. It’s a place I retreat to, especially when things are not so spiffy, and sometimes I catch my thoughts ricocheting off of every wall. After several months of minimal, almost zero symptoms,...
by Callie | Jul 15, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, hope, Uncategorized
My husband and I have lived in our house for four and a half years and I am finally painting our bedroom. I hate painting. I hate painting trim the most. I hate priming the trim even more. I was considering my dark feelings toward the process and I came to...
by Callie | Jul 13, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, hope, Uncategorized
It seems obvious, but half of the terrible things you go through as someone with a chronic disease are caused by other people. And that’s sad. Rather sad. Ruthlessly sad. One should not have to prove their pain, and yet, most of us with chronic disease have had...
by Callie | Jul 8, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, discouragement, encouragement, hope, Uncategorized
I brought my kids over to make “pigs in a blanket” at my grandparents’ this week. They played with giant bubbles, rode on my mom’s rocking horse from the 1950’s, and ran around the billiard table my grandpa keeps in the basement amongst items from a bygone era. On one...
by Callie | Jul 7, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, CSF Leak, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, hope, suicidal thoughts, suicide
As I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday, I was caught by a post someone had left on my husband’s cousin’s page. It was the most beautifully crafted support of a friend. In it, the author, Farzeen, discussed the injury my “cousin-in-law”...
