I'm a fake sometimes. I lie often. Most days, I just want to go to sleep and never wake up. I stopped writing about the deep pit of #Lyme Life, but I'm still struggling. When people ask me how I'm doing, I dodge the question...
Not all the time, but sometimes, I definitely talk too much.It could be in meetings or when I do lessons, I forget the importance of conversation. It's not that I don't care what others have to say, I just get distracted. I might jump in...
This week proved that Lyme Disease is not my whole life. Lyme Disease Lyme has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. For many years, I went to doctors who told me I was stressed and treated me like I was...
Stuck Are you stuck in a rut? So many people are. I know a lot of people with chronic illness, like Lyme, that have seasons of blah and seasons of exciting growth. I often wonder what makes the difference. Are they just lucky, especially motivated, inexplicably...
September is Suicide Prevention Month. Among other causes, I am in awe of the people on the front lines of this tragic phenomenon. I remember meeting a suicide prevention call center volunteer. She was a wreck, thin and pale. Vicarious suffering was taking such a...
Amy Carmichael was born 100 years before me. She was an activist in every sense. She established an orphanage to rescue children in India. Some of the children were trafficking victims or those who were at risk to be prostituted in the temples for the...
My time is often spent online on my laptop computer. Chronic illness relegates many of us to life here, but I often seek life off-line.I had all but forgotten what it was like to sweep off my front steps. They get the morning sun and...
How Are YOU? We smile and nod when people ask us how we are. If you are like a lot of people with chronic or neurological Lyme Disease, the thought of answering the question conjures up no end to excuses to answer with a polite, “I’m...
Plan If you are like most people, planning may slip now and again. You may have indulged in a bit of frivolity last month. The scale may need some adjusting. Maybe you have an unruly wardrobe. Or maybe nothing changed externally, but you can feel the...
I'm ready to die. Just because someone is ready to die, doesn't mean they want to. Conversely, just because someone wants to die, doesn't mean they are ready.When I say that I am ready to die, I mean I have come to terms with my regrets....