Hi from here. I hope your weekend is proving to be a restful one. Smile for ME Charity I was so cheered when the ME Charity Smile for ME contacted me a little while back about writing a piece for their Monthly Newsletter. It was a lovely opportunity to contribute. It took me a little … Continue reading Raising a Smile for ME 💙
My Peaceful Place... Hi! It's been a while since I made it out to my peaceful place.⤵ It's not far from where we live. And strangely enough I had never visited prior to MEcfs. I think my husband suggested stopping by to just sit in the car and re-set after on of the many hospital … Continue reading My Peaceful Place
I am one of the #MillionsMissing since Autumn 2004 and have been homebound for 14 years. I can actually name the day *ME arrived and can picture it. I know that I have already posted about ME awareness this week, but felt the need to post again today on ME Awareness Day. I've got my … Continue reading #MillionsMissing 2019
Hi from here!🙋 This week, May 5 - 12, 2019 is M.E. Awareness Week. As an ME sufferer myself, I am so aware of the importance of joining the effort to raise awareness of a much maligned and misunderstood chronic illness.
How can this be? I will explain. It's all about the attitude I now have to my shower seat. It wasn't easy to begin with, but vastly improved following an unplanned run in with a bath bench. So, I'll begin. After a while of seriously struggling to shower. (It's still a serious struggle. But I'm … Continue reading My friend, the Shower Seat
This is the first time I have reblogged a post from another blogger. It's such a poignant post, I had too. Reblogged from Called to Watch.
#behindtheillness The idea is, to share a few fun facts about yourself unrelated to illness. Although I have sensed a crossover in my answers! Thanks so much to Emma from Not Just Tired for tagging me, very kind of you. And to Jen from Tripping through Treacle for getting the #behindtheillness initiative going with the blogging community. So … Continue reading You Behind the Illness
Part I ~ For richer for poorer One of the many facets of Marriage within Chronic illness. During this year, with my husband, we celebrated 30 years of marriage. We didn't anticipate the limitations now ever-present, we hadn't even thought about that when we first married. We were young, naive, having fun (and learning about … Continue reading Marriage and Chronic illness – for Richer, for Poorer
Hope found in M.E. 