Change Is Amazing

by | Oct 3, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  Change has been an intricate part of my life. Change reared its ugly head when I was 13 and my mother passed away and I was left without a mother, a home, and embarking on a new journey. The journey was living with my sister and her family. I lasted there for 6...

Fatty Patty

by | Oct 2, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I needed a fun book to read since I have a lot going on in my life right now concerning my health and it seemed like I have been focusing my reading on non-fiction and not fiction at all. In fact, I cannot remember the last time I read a fiction book. Fatty...

A New Idea

by | Oct 1, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

One week has passed since I got the hopeful news from Otolaryngologist. I have been processing the new information and ruminating on what my future looks like. Yes, I am nervous about my upcoming surgery October 9th. I am always a bit anxious when I am facing surgery,...

Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat

by | Sep 30, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Esther Blum’s book “Cavewomen Don’t Get Fat” explains the Paleo eating plan and what it all entails along with scientific facts. I have been reading about and hearing about the Paleo eating plan for a while and I have been curious to if it would help me with my...

Pulse

by | Sep 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I love beans. I never heard it called Pulse before, but I am up to trying the interesting and new recipes that Chandler has in her cookbook. I love that she shares ideas and different ways from many different cultures, such as Indian, African, and Mediterranean. Each...

Hope Flutters

by | Sep 25, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Hope has taken over my heart. Seeping out of my skin and shining out of my eyes and my voice when I speak reigns with hope. I haven’t felt hope in a long time.  Since I got my trach I have been living in a dark place, though it may not seem like it. Yes, I was...

My Fears

by | Sep 24, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

  “There is no fear in love dread does not exist but full-grown complete perfect love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of error! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment and so he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love is...

Life In Transition

by | Sep 23, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

“Life in Transition” offers the reader a chance to dive deeper into their soul.  To dig, to prod, to ruminate on how they want their lives to be. The journal exercises and the spiritual exercises open up the heart to a new perspective, a new way of healing the pain of...

An Unimaginable Act

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I wanted to read “An Unimaginable Act”. This book was a challenge for me to read, not because the writing was bad or that I thought Erin was full of lies, but because it resonated with the hurt little girl inside of me that was sexually abused when I was young. Though...

Life Reconnected

by | Sep 20, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Life Reconnected” is a book about finding one’s self after suffering a loss. I know that after friend/partner in life passed away in 2004 and then I started getting sick in 2008 loss was inevitable. I lived in denial and found anyway to mask and make the pain...

The Path

by | Sep 19, 2013 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

I have been reading my daily devotional “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young and this particular phrase she writes hit me hard. “Though I may lead you along paths that feel alien to you, trust that I know what I am doing. If you follow Me wholeheartedly, you will discover...

Ginger For Inflammation

by | Sep 18, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

“Change is inevitable. It is sure to happen. You haven’t done anything wrong or bad or stupid. If something isn’t working in your life it is simply because you haven’t got the tools or techniques to access all that you really need to put it right.”  Penny C. McClean I...

Becoming Myself

by | Sep 17, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I came across the book “Becoming Myself” by Stasi Eldredge last week while participating in the Invisible Illness Week by Rest Ministries. Of course, I downloaded the free copy and I read it while I have been sitting with my foot up healing from the gout that is...

Breaking Out!

by | Sep 14, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  “Break Out” was my first Joel Osteen read. I was deeply disappointed. Reading through “Break Out” I felt like he was repeating himself over and over again and it was becoming redundant and boring. Many of the repeats could have been just written in the first...

I Choose To Communicate

by | Sep 12, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Today was one of those days that I showed my grumpiness, the dark side of being an ill person. I woke up this morning with my ankle hurting badly and only have 3 prednisone tablets left and not sure when the pharmacy will be shipping out my next prescription. I will...

I Choose Joy

by | Sep 11, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Finding joy with illness I believe is crucial for anyone with a chronic illness. It is so easy to be miserable and say there is no joy in my life. I have learned the smalls things bring me joy. What brings me joy? ·       Sitting in my apartment lobby, media room, or...

I Choose To Live

by | Sep 9, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Invisible Illness Week is upon us. This year’s theme is I choose. I spent a long time thinking about the things that I choose on a daily basis. When I think about it I realize I make a lot of choices that those who are not in my shoes might not make. One thing I have...

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