My children experienced a sick mommy. They would ask, “why are you always so tired, mommy?” My babies experienced chronic illness in a very real way.
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10 Tips to Travel like a Boss with Chronic Illness
My Dad: Champion of Hope
Joy: The Unlikely Choice
Mary
From the moment a child is born, they are inexplicably knit to their mother’s heart. Their joys are her joys. Their triumphs are her rejoicing. Their struggles are her reason to be on her knees. And their pain is her anguish. Because when a child hurts, a mother bleeds. I was about to experience this on a whole new level.
Josiah
To Have & To Hold
Sentiments for the Sick & Single
Martin
New Year, New Me*
When I first became sick with my chronic illness, I had a lot of purposeless, unfocused, bitter months, and the long-lost concept of setting goals for my life became a thing of the past. The idea of establishing goals and not being able to reach them was terrifying. So I stopped setting them. And that’s also where I went very wrong.
The Spiteful Christmas
Our 3rd Birthday Surprise
Lisa
Come Together
Walk Well
How do we continue pushing forward when our legs become weak? How do we hold onto hope when our hands grow tired? These are real, honest, raw questions that many of us are daily wrestling through. It's easy to slip into a pattern of outwardly pretending that everything's okay, and not admitting, even to ourselves, that we've grown weary, all while we inwardly crumble.