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 | Jun 27, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, discouragement, encouragement, Healing, health anxiety, hope, writing
Would you believe I am stressed about writing on reducing stress? Kind of the opposite of what I’m going for here, but there is something about writing lists which turns me into the procrastinating perfectionist. I want these lists to be EVERYTHING, and I want to...
by Callie | Jun 18, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, Healing, health anxiety, hope
I promised in my last post, I would provide you with a long list of strategies to reduce stress, so here we are for Part Dos of the series: Finding Your Oasis. And friends, this is just part of the list. I realized, halfway through writing, this was going to take...
by Callie | Jun 8, 2018 | chronic disease, encouragement, Healing, hope
I want to talk about the word “oasis” today, and not the band you made out to with your girlfriend/boyfriend in the ’90’s (even though I love Oasis and Wonderwall will always make me spontaneously break out into a passionate sing-along).1 The kind of oasis I...
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 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...
