by Sara | Mar 10, 2017 | Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Most things in the AIP diet take a lot of work to make, and eat, and it is always a big to-do to eat anything. Which isn’t always fun, what with lack of spoons (energy), time, etc. I mean, there’s definitely no easy, pre-packaged foods in the Autoimmune...
by Sara | Mar 2, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
“I’m just wondering and wondering and wondering, when will my life begin?” -Rapunzel * Hello there. ๐ So I’ve been thinking more about Rapunzel-chronic-illness comparisons, after my sister’s observation a few days ago. And something that...
by Sara | Feb 26, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges
A few days ago my sister compared me to the princess, Rapunzel.ย ๐ Who doesn’t want to be compared to a princess?! However, there was more to that comparison than you’d first think. She said, “You have long hair, etc., …ย and you’re stuck...
by Sara | Feb 18, 2017 | Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
When I first got sick, I had to learn to sit on the sidelines when my friends played any active games that require working joints, or to not stay very long at birthday parties, when I needed the energy to function. Or- well, really when they acted liked...
by Sara | Feb 11, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Have you heard of the Rebelution? Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t. Let me tell you about it for a minute. ๐ย The Rebelution was started by the brothers Alex and Brett Harris. The word ‘Rebelution’ is a combination of the words, ‘Rebel’,...
by Sara | Feb 4, 2017 | Gut and Food, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
You’ve heard it. Probably a thousand times. “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?” I cannot help but read that in Baymax’s voice, from the movie Big Hero Six. ๐ Of course, what is your answer? What part of your body are they...