We have all been rejected. It might have been a job you wanted or a relationship, or a promotion, or not being picked for a team, your book proposal. Sometimes, we want protection from rejection. Rejection Protection The more we put into that thing we wanted, the...
Many Lymies that I have met have been sick and misdiagnosed for a decade or three. In 1988, I got terribly ill. I’d had lots of aches and pains, lethargy on occasion, stomach problems since childhood, but this was different. Since then, I like the...
No matter how 'real' we are on social media or even in small groups, with our friends, no one can actually know what another person's world is like.Your picture, might not be what my world is really like. Your Picture People look at a picture, a moment...
Student outreach, public demonstrations, conventions and events, fairs and festivals, sidewalk ministry and rallies are all part of the work. So too, are phone calls, letter writing, envelope stuffing, graphic design, social media, resource room maintenance, prayer and lots of other 'unseen' work. Such is...
It can be hard to say, "Happy Monday" or any other Happy Day with Lyme, at least when it the most intense. Happy Monday! There have been lots of Mondays that I would only hope to have been able to say that. I am getting so much...
Have you every really dreaded some event or activity? Maybe you thought, "If I just get through it, I'll be ok." Perhaps, it was giving a speech or gym class in school. Maybe, it was the job interview process or giving birth. It could have...
How often do we hear, "You're looking good!" when we feel like death warmed over? I just spent five days on the road, to speak at a conference.Most people don’t know that I’ve been ill, but of those who do, I hear, “How are you?...
Many of the moms I know are high energy and high functioning. Even in families wherein the children go to school, they seem to be able to attend all of the extracurricular activities and special events, maintain the home and have a social life. Many...
I was born into violence. My mother got pregnant, as a 15-year-old, when she was raped. He'd told her he'd ruined her and no one else would ever want her. Crushed, she believed him. When she found out she was pregnant, he told her again...
Pain is part of life. No one is immune. No one can fully escape the reality of dealing with pain at one time or another. This Lyme Life Monday -Pain post might help dealing with the pain of Lyme.For Lymies, pain is a very substantial...