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...
by Callie | Aug 17, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, parenting
Sometimes having a chronic disease is more than I can handle. Sometimes being a parent is more than I can handle. Sometimes doing both is like staying awake to watch a movie past ten o’clock in your thirties: impossible. I’m coming up on two years since IC...
by Callie | Aug 4, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, hope, Uncategorized
Today I want to blubber about breakfast. I know it’s quite the detour from chronic illness support and my “youzhe“, but while eating breakfast in the Starbuck’s of our hotel in Nashville, as I glanced over and saw the disheveled family sitting near us, it dawned...
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...
