Change Your MInd

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading “Change Your Mind Heal Your Body” by Anna Parkinson was like reading my own journey through my own illness. No I don’t have a tumor in my brain. What I do have is an inflammation disease the closes off my throat and with having about 40 surgeries in the...

Happy Monday!

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. Me, I had a quiet one. I did end up cooking some yummy new dishes and I will be sharing my recipes and what I did with you sometime this week, so stay tuned. My progress this week went okay. Yes, I went...

Falling Into Place

by | Apr 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading Hattie Kauffman’s book “Falling into Place” was like reading the story of my own life. The turbulent relationships with men, the dramatic family dynamics, and finding out that you are on the journey you are facing all seem so familiar. Kauffman recounts...

Total Recovery

by | Apr 14, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  It is not often that I am mesmerized by a non-fiction book, but Gary Kaplan and Donna Beech’s book “Total Recovery” did capture my attention. My vasculitis disease is cause from inflammation. Inflammation is my enemy, though its design is to help in the healing...

The Approval Fix

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Reading “The Approval Fix” by Joyce Meyer was like stepping into a place that was familiar. You see once upon a time before I started on my healing journey I didn’t have the boundaries I needed in order to keep myself healthy and safe. I was a people pleaser. I...

Blossoming!

by | Apr 8, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

    Yesterday did not go the way I wanted it to go. I’m sad to report that I have to live with my trach for another 5 months in order to make certain I won’t need another trach down the line. I know Dr. H is being cautious, but I couldn’t help feeling...

Oh Happy Day!

by | Apr 6, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I have a big day tomorrow. I will be heading up to Seattle to see my Otolaryngologist and possibly and it is a big possibility of getting my trach permanently removed. I have been dreaming about this day since the first day I had my trach surgically put in. Living...

Tomatoes and Parsley

by | Apr 3, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Good day! Time for an update and I am feeling better about things. Physical therapy is amazing. I love it this time around. I don’t know if it is because I am changing my perspective or if I am just ready now and I wasn’t ready before. My PT therapist is amazing. I...

Stretching

by | Apr 1, 2014 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Physical therapy wasn’t so bad. It went better than I expected. The atmosphere was not a bunch of elderly men and women on oxygen trying to breathe while moving their bodies. It was a bunch of men and women varying in age doing core, balance, and strength...

Spring In My Step

by | Mar 30, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

    Spring is here. I’m so excited. Spring brings out the adventurous woman in me. I love seeing the trees blooming with flowers and new green leaves. I love seeing the tulips, daffodils, and other flowers blooming. I feel energized. I had a good week this...

Breaking Free

by | Mar 29, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Months back when Beth Moore offered many of her books for free on Kindle I took advantage and I purchased several of her books to read. I have read three of Moore’s books “Jesus the One and Only”, “Believing God”, and “The Beloved Disciple”. Now I can add a...

Impossible

by | Mar 26, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Impossible by Nancy Werlin is a book about the song Scarborough Fair. Lucy the main character of the story family is cursed and this song is their legacy about how to defeat the curse and get rid of the elfin knight who possess’ their body and drives them mad....

New Choices

by | Mar 24, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

Making a choice to live a different life is not easy. Often times change comes roaring in like a thundering storm. Sometimes the lightning strikes, sometimes it doesn’t. Change can incapacitate you and sometimes it is the doorway to a better life. Since Wednesday when...

Tapping

by | Mar 21, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “The Tapping Solution for Weight Loss” written by Jessica Ortner jumped into my life just after I made the decision to stop reading diet books. This book is not a diet book. It doesn’t tell you how to eat, what to eat, or even that you have to deprive yourself...

Update

by | Mar 20, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

The internet has been out at my apartment for the last 3 weeks. This has given me a chance to evaluate things in my own life. What have I been up to? One thing I have evaluated and been doing is getting my health in order. In a little over 3 weeks I will be heading to...

Percolate: A Review

by | Mar 19, 2014 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Percolate” is not about coffee. It is about percolating yourself into being the best you can be. Hamilton-Guarino gives a lot of great insights and suggestions throughout her book. She also gives some enlightening journaling exercises that ask you some deep...

Renewed

by | Mar 5, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

  I thoroughly enjoyed reading Lucille Zimmerman’s book “Renewed”. Perhaps, it was because she and I share the same interest, the same beliefs, and the same book “Boundaries” By John Townsend. “Boundaries” was a book I got as a gift from my older sister and I...

No Internet, Oh My!

by | Mar 2, 2014 | The Magnificent Journey

I have not been able to post for a while due to my apartment getting a new internet provider. I am back now, so I will be posting away. What have I been up to? Let me tell you. I read a lot. I finally finished reading Beth Moore’s “Breaking Free” which I will be...

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