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 | 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 | 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 | May 6, 2017 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, hope, parenting, weird
Tallulah is our four-year-old and if any of my children are going to use their hands to create, it will be her. I still draw stick figures, so, when she draws an eye with a pupil, iris, outer lid and eyelashes, I choke on my soup. It’s amazing! This tiny little...
