Milestones

by | May 19, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

For my thirty eighth birthday I decided that I wanted to do a project that I saw posted on a blog called Fit And Free With Emily that I read about 101 things I want to accomplish in 1001 days. The last few days I have been working on my list. I gave it a lot of...

Chasing Butterflies

by | May 16, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Citizenship/Community always meant to be helping people succeed in their lives and to aide them in their own healing journey. Being someone who is ill, I have a chronic illness that makes my ability to help others more challenging than the average person, but I am...

Breathe

by | May 14, 2012 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

After going to Seattle to get the results of my X-rays from my Rhematologist Dr. Gardner I have been having all these feelings running through my mind that make moving forward a difficult task for me at this present moment. What happened is I went to the doctor...

Can I get a YUM?

by | May 10, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition

I know, I know today I was supposed to be writing about the fifth installment of my Values/Goals list. I have decided to take a break on that post and write about something else that’s been on my mind. Yesterday I went to see Dr. Ferdow’s my GI doctor to get the...

Family Relationships

by | May 8, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

Family relationships are the topic for my post today. Yes, you guess it, the third installment of my assignment from my therapist. Being open, supportive, loyal is my definition of family. At least that is what I aspire to be as a sister, daughter, aunt, niece and...

Spring Fling With The Sit Girls

by | May 7, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

Today is the start of my spring fling with the Sits Girls social media. I have an awesome web mistress Summer, but I wanted to learn some things myself that is why I have decided to join the fling this year. It will be two weeks of learning marketing skills for my...

Here’s To Good Health

by | May 6, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

Today I decided to do the second easy section of my assignment which concerns Health/Physical Well-being. I have spent years ruminating over my health, so it probably comes to no surprise to anyone that I have goals and it was easy for me. My value statement that I...

Rabid Thoughts

by | May 3, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

I am unable to sleep tonight. I have loads on my mind. The song Rabbit Heart by Florence and the Machine speaks to my heart tonight.  Shall I start making the list of things that are on my mind tonight and make my heart race like a rabbit? Here I go: First on my mind...

Not Going To Give In To It

by | May 1, 2012 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

Not Gonna Give In To It I am frustrated. My throat is constricting again from the damn disease that I have called GPA (Wegener’s). That means that soon I will be going into surgery yet again to get dilated so that I can breathe for a few months before I need it again....

Fall Out

by | Apr 29, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

On Thursday morning I woke up to a fall out. A fall out is when either a disease or medication cause some side effects or pain in some area of my body. I woke up, and my ankle hurt, displaying a red patch, plus it was warm to the touch. Not fun at all, I was able to...

Healing Emotions

by | Apr 26, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

On Monday April 23rd, my sister Carri, my friend Cali, and I went to a meeting where we experience Lani Kent’s Healing Expressions workshops she offers for people like me. Listening to Lani speak brought up many emotions and experiences to my mind. My mom died when I...

Living Beyond Your Feelings

by | Apr 23, 2012 | Books/Music

Joyce Meyer’s book “Living Beyond Your Feelings” takes anyone who reads it on a journey to self-discovery that uses God word to attempt us to understand our emotions and to let us know to be mindful of how we use the emotions in our everyday life. I read a lot of...

Lessons I Am Learning

by | Apr 21, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather outside today. I am sitting outside with my cat Nicholas. By the way he is basking in the sun and watching the birds, squirrels, and kids running amok in the joyous spring dance. I love spring. For me what I love...

Yummy!

by | Mar 19, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition

Sometimes in life synchronicity happens. A few months ago I watched a program called “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” on Hulu. Joe, the main character on the program talked about being on a juice fast for 60’s days in order to aide him in reaching remission for his auto...

St. Patty’s Day Fling

by | Mar 18, 2012 | Exhilarating People

If you live in Longview Washington and you didn’t make it out to the St. Patty’s Day Fling you missed some fantastic fun and bonding that was had by all on Saturday. I am so glad that I had the opportunity to not only participate, but watch the action behind the...

Getting It Done

by | Mar 15, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

Finally, I feel like things are turning around for me in some manner. Myron commented that I must be feeling better because I am keeping up on some things in my home. The truth is, I do feel better. The reason being is that things are finally in order for my life. I...

A New Adventure!

by | Mar 2, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

I am just going to come right out and say it, I feel like crap today. I am extremely tired, even with a nap, I am not hungry, my appetite is gone, a side affect of the medication, For the last three days my appetite has gone out the door, which is strange. I have been...

The Ugly And The Beauty

by | Feb 19, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

For the last two days my friend that I’ve known since we were 14 years old text me and asked how I’ve been doing? After I tell her, she proceeds to enlighten me on writing out my story. She has a vision of me being an author. I personally don’t see...

My Compare/Contrast Paper

by | Feb 17, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

According to World Health Organization website, currently there are over 1 billion overweight individuals and 300 million of them are considered obese. No wonder many individuals desire to purchase, have surgical procedures, and follow all sorts of diet plans in order...

Out Of Chaos

by | Feb 2, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

“What troubles you is not reality itself. What troubles you is your interpretation of reality. What frustrates you, motivates you, inspires you and disappoints you are not the facts of the situation but how you choose to view them. And in that fact is enormous...

Essay Of The Heart

by | Jan 22, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

I had an assignment this week in my health and wellness class to take an assessment test and then write a 500 word essay on it. I went over the 500 words. My essay is below: I chose to take an assessment test on the universities life resource center. I took an...

Angels And Demons

by | Jan 8, 2012 | Exhilarating People

I love stories that inspire me, whether they come from books, movies, or even music, I just love things that makes me feel so good when I feel so beaten up. The last month, if you have been reading my blog posts know that I have literally been beaten up. So what did I...

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