by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
How do I stay calm in the storm? What centers me when bricks are being thrown left and right smacking me in the face each time they go by? Chocolate! Just kidding! It would be awesome if chocolate could be the answer to everything, but it isn’t. Darn it! Hmm, well...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“The Fabulous Life Of A Vegan Girl” by Daphne Appleton I love cookbooks. I love reading about nutrition, now following through on such an idea is another matter altogether. Something I know about myself is I want to have a wide variety of food and deleting a food...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 6, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
That is a question that I have been asking myself and others have been asking me. Am I stressed? Am I having an anxiety attack? I am going to say, Yes, I am. I have come to the conclusion that showing stress and anxiety looks different for everyone. According to what...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“The ABC’s of Super Foods” Calie Shackleford Super foods seems to be one of the themes of my life since I have an auto-immune disorder, chronic illness, and having good nutrition is a foundation that will aide me in living a healthy life. I found “The ABC’s Of Super...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 4, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I joined WEGO Health a great web site that promotes health and well-being for those suffering from chronic illnesses. It is a great way for me to get my voice heard and I feel connected to many of the bloggers I have met and am currently reading who have joined this...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 3, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
A question is going around Facebook, other blogs about illnesses, and the World Wide Web, why do you blog about being ill? I have decided that I am going to answer this question. The reason I started Jamie Chases Butterflies wasn’t for me to become some famous writer,...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 2, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
The start of day two, yesterday I felt so exhausted, slept off and on all day long, took things extremely slow. I felt as though I was moving in slow motion all day long, the simple act of walking felt like I was moving like Jamie from Bionic woman when they were...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 1, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“Powerful Prayers For Challenging Times” Jackie M. Johnson While at the University Of Washington Medical Center Rest Ministries advertised a free book download for Jackie M. Johnson’s book “Powerful Prayers For Challenging Times” which I quickly downloaded onto my...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 31, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I am finally home from a week long stent in the hospital in which I received chemo. How do I describe what getting chemo feels like? All I can tell people is I feel strange. I feel weak. I feel drained. I feel blurry headed. I do not feel like throwing up. Thank God...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 30, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will make your paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) A lot can change in a twenty four hour period of time, heck, it can change in a weeks’ time. Last...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 29, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us. 2 Corinthians 1: 1 Good morning! It is 4:12 AM and I am awaiting my day to start. Today is a big day for me. I am having another surgery to get the stitches out of my throat, putting in a uncuffed trach...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 28, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
Right now,in this present moment, with your current thoughts you’re creating your future. What’s it going to look like? Did you know that each one of us takes 17,280-23,040 breathes a day? That gives you so many opportunities to say thank you God for my...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 27, 2012 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“You will not change your behavior until you change your thoughts.” Joyce Meyer While in the hospital I have been reading Joyce Meyer’s book “Battlefield Of The Mind”. I resisted reading this book for a long, almost a year. When I am resistant to something that...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 26, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. ~ Philippians 1:6, NLT Once again what I expected to happen with my surgery is not what happened. I was supposed to...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 23, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds around my neck.” Emma Goldman My sentiments exactly Mrs. Goldman, I am not a diamond kind of gal, but flowers do bring up a sense of enjoyment and beauty. I am learning to enjoy life, not with the big luxury items such...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2012 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People
The last concert/show I went to was the summer of 2009 when I went to see Tori Amos and at that time I was not breathing so well and I was with a negative person in my life. Despite that, I loved the show. Strange how life changes in a blink of an eye and you gain new...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 20, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“Do not be conformed to this world (this age), (fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs), but be transformed (changed) by the (entire) renewal of your mind (by its new ideals and its new attitude). Romans 12:2 (Amplified version) Renewing my...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 19, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Reasoning, thinking too much and too hard causes me great confusion and headaches. Does it you? I come from a family of thinkers, especially logical thinkers. We have to ask questions, have everything make sense to us so it can fit in the compartments of our minds....
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 14, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along’. You must do the thing...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 13, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“Sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you… This turning toward what you deeply love saves you.” Rumi4 Open doors, what are they? Open doors could be people, places, things, and food, anything that holds importance to us. Sometimes the doors have to be...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 11, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“Shades Of Hope” by Tennie McCarty I bought this book seven months ago. It’s a program to stop dieting and start living it says on the front cover. Tennie runs an outreach program for those of us who suffer from food addiction. I am sad to admit this but I am one of...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 9, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Cooking is a passion of mine. Since getting sick I have not been able to explore this passion. Not being able to breathe limits what I can do and I have to pace myself throughout the day or I can exhaust myself. I woke up Saturday morning feeling great, which is...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 8, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up from a good sleep needing to suction. I felt an obstruction in my t-tube. I felt this clog deep in my t-tube for the last couple of days and no matter how much I lavaged and suctioned it would not come out. Have you ever had a clog in your life that no...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 5, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Albert Camus I am getting stronger with each obstacle that I am facing or have faced in the last four years. I should have died several times in the last two years. First was in 2010 and the second was in 2011, but I didn’t. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 3, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey
“He crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.” Shawshank Redemption While watching “The Shawshank Redemption” this line in the movie popped out at me. Let me tell you I have crawled through my own river of shit and I am hoping to come out...
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