Let me begin my Journaling Journey by providing you with an update of what my sweet daughter's medical journey has been like. When my daughter was 13 she began complaining frequently about having headaches. I dismissed them initially by simply telling her to take some Tylenol if it hurt bad enough for medicine. Then by … Continue reading A Summary of Where My Journaling Journey Begins
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Encouragement Today Today is to encourage those who love and support your chronically ill family and friends. Do you have a loved one or a dear friend who is struggling with the physical effects of a chronic illness or pain? Do you watch them while you find yourself struggling with experiencing the frustration of … Continue reading Do Not Forget “You” While Encouraging Others
Update I am sorry it has been several days since I last posted. There has been more than "a lot" going on in my family. I have been trying to nurse my dog back to health from his foot surgery. He is doing very well and I received the wonderful news that my baby boy … Continue reading The Rawness of Life
Post Surgery Update from Shadow... I have maxed out my morning awake time. I need a nap. (I didn’t sleep much last night, basically only from 4-6am). Mommy gave me a snack and my turkey meat (sssshhhh, don’t tell him his meds were hidden inside), and now I am sleepy. I proved to Mommy though, … Continue reading Loving My Boy
Encouragement Today As I sit here at the hospital waiting on my husband to have a procedure done again, I find myself feeling emotionally depleted. My morning started out by having to force my baby boy (AKA, Shadow) to take his anxiety medicine so he could go to the vet for his surgery to have … Continue reading Emotions On A Runaway Freight Train
Encouragement Today Today’s encouragement is coming to remind you if you are living through a difficult time and find the fear of darkness is all around you, please know you are not alone. I am here for you, to hug you, and to share with you just a little bit of our dark story right … Continue reading Finding The Way Through The Darkness
Good morning, Today is a big day for us. In a little while I will be taking my husband to an important doctor appointment and we will see where this colon problem will take him. Will he need another surgery or what is going on? It is my deep desire to get my blog caught … Continue reading Simple Thoughts
Encouragement Today I am taking this opportunity to share something personal that has touched our family. My daughter, "K" struggles with daily headaches and migraines and finds more debilitating days in a month than anyone could fathom experiencing. June is Migraine Awareness month and I want to grab this opportunity to bring this illness to … Continue reading Supporting Migraine Awareness Month
As I sit here in the emergency room waiting on my husband, I am trying to decompress in the quietness of this waiting room. It is not usually quiet so I am thankful God blessed me with this small reward. I thought today was going to be a free day from going to a doctor, … Continue reading Decompression Through Exhaustion
I am writing to update my faithful followers on Kiddo's painfully sick week. Thankfully today I can finally see the signs of the antibiotics working to fight against her cold. It is nice to see her not struggling to breathe through all of the chest congestion and relentless coughing. As for the migraine she couldn't get … Continue reading The Life of My Daughter and Her Migraines and Cold
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