by Callie | Nov 27, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, diagnosis, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, Interstitial Cystitis, suicidal thoughts
I recently asked all of you what you wanted to hear more about over here on River and Quill and you told me anxiety and depression, so here we go! Let’s discuss the joy killing, life stealing duo, shall we? Before we begin, though, I have read some comments...
by Callie | Nov 5, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, parenting
Just over a week ago, I attended the Tribe conference in Franklin, Tennessee. It is a conference for writers and creatives and I had been looking forward to going for months. One night, at the conference, while talking to a couple of new friends, we were discussing...
by Callie | Aug 21, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, encouragement, Healing, hope
We’re Still People Last week we discussed music and I had a short lived love affair with a top ten list. If I can be completely transparent with all of you: sometimes I need to write articles like last week’s to remind myself I am still a normal human being,...
by Callie | Aug 6, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope, writing
You’re standing there, shifting the weight from one hip to the other: hand in your pockets; hands crossed; hands back in your pockets. Who’s that idiot trying to jump on the stage? The lights go down. The band comes out. Your hands come together, with the hundreds...
by Callie | Jul 30, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, encouragement, Healing, hope, writing
The End of a Chapter I recently completed the last page of a journal I’ve had since my illness began in 2015. I realize this is a long time to be writing in the same journal, but I tend to write more on my Mac these days, and use my journal as more of a “quote...
by Callie | Jul 24, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope, Interstitial Cystitis, writing
It’s About Time I’ve done a few guest posts lately, where I explain my story through an interview with the authors, and it just dawned on me I have never told you the full story here, on my own blog. Whoops! (btw – there is a great River and Quill...
