by Callie | Sep 28, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, encouragement, hope
I have designed this blog to be a place of inspiration and hope. I want it to feel like you just sat down on the couch, in front of a fire, with your favorite drink, surrounded by a bunch of friends who want to help you through whatever you are going through. With...
by Callie | Sep 21, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, hope
I quote from my big green book quite frequently on Instagram. I love this old book. I like to think that it was just waiting for me to find it, all these years, as it sat, in the second row of books, on the back wall, at the used book shop. It was published in...
by Callie | Sep 14, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, hope
After I came home from the “death session” (the cystoscopy which diagnosed Interstitial Cystitis), I found myself in a new predicament: I felt foreign; like an alien in my own skin. My thoughts were broadcasting in German, or Russian, or some sort of combination of...
