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...
by Callie | Jul 17, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up -Babe Ruth A New Journey Hi friends. I have embarked on a new journey which I would love to share with all of you, and it has to do with a dog, a valley, a car, and how I am surviving a chronic illness flare. If you...
by Callie | Jul 3, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creativity, encouragement, Grief, Healing, hope
Heal. To Heal is “(of a person or treatment) cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again.”1 Healthy. the state of being free from illness or injury. I was healthy. Then I wasn’t. Then all I wanted was to heal. Then healing didn’t happen. ...
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...
by Callie | Dec 30, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, hope, writing
The New Year. This is the time we are supposed to reflect on the year past, considering all we lived well, and regenerating our mistakes into well thought out goals for next year. Sometimes I think my goals are just a way to satisfy the cognitive dissonance between...
by Callie | Dec 8, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, hope, writing
We made it. We’ve cruised through grief (more like bumped, and skidded, and shredded our way through, but still), and we’re at the final stage, which is acceptance. Now, remember, these are purely my adulterations of Dr. Kubler-Ross’s stages of grief, conformed to...
