by Callie | May 29, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, Healing, hope, suicidal thoughts, writing
I woke up this morning at 9:00. The last time this happened my body had yet been unscathed by children. It was weird and wonderful (sleeping in, but yeah, also having children: so wonderful, so weird). I forgot about that feeling you get when you have acquired more...
by Callie | May 18, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, hope, parenting
I just ate a chocolate bar at 9:30 in the morning, if that gives you any indication of the morning I have had. Additionally, I screamed a scream that would put a banshee to shame. Only after I let it rip, did I realize that the windows were still open and my...
by Callie | May 9, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, Healing, hope
If you’ve been keeping up with my posts and or my Instagram account, then you know that I have been pretty giddy about the nice weather that finally hit the Midwest. If you noted a bit of exaggeration on the word “finally” in the previous sentence, you would be...
by Callie | May 3, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, discouragement, encouragement, Healing, writing
Friends. Hi. Can I give you a fifteen second snapshot into my thoughts lately? Ok, great. Here we go: ‘Clean up the dog pee, listen to the podcast, email the person, email the other person, ask person if they’ll let you guest post, read the podcast, listen...
by Callie | Apr 23, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, suicide
Do you remember that story about the girl who was stuck at the bottom of the well in the 80’s? Fine. I’ll stop pretending that I don’t remember her name. It was Baby Jessica. Don’t pretend you don’t remember Baby Jessica. Well friends, today, we are going to...
by Callie | Mar 9, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope
I am writing this as a bit of an update. The past few months have been a struggle. As someone with severe health anxiety, when I experience symptoms of any kind, I retreat into my shell, which means, when it comes to writing, well, there isn’t much of it. There is...
