by Sara | Nov 19, 2025 | Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges
My mother-in-law’s first impression of me wasn’t when I shook her hand. Vera’s first impression came as my now-husband Peter tried to coordinate with his mom what we would eat for dinner. Due to my chronic illnesses, I have a wide range of food sensitivities...
by Sara | Aug 8, 2022 | Navigating Healing & Recovery, Toxic Mold Poisoning
It’s been a while since I talked about mold poisoning on this blog. You see — and maybe this gives you hope — the poisoning part of it doesn’t affect me as much as it did before. But the thing is, the effects of what we’ve been through linger with us, even years...
by Sara | Nov 30, 2020 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles
Anxiety, depression, and irrational thoughts used to be my norm. Those were probably the worst moments of my chronic illness journey. In them, most of my most important relationships were broken. In them, I felt like I lost myself. In them, I felt like a failed...
by Sara | May 18, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning, Uncategorized
“Why do you where a mask? Were you burned by acid or something?” “It’s just that they’re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.” Ah, The Princess Bride. It’s one of my favorite movies....
by Sara | May 11, 2020 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease
Happy Monday Everyone! My laptop is still out of commission, so this week I’m back with another lighthearted post for you’re enjoyment. May is Lyme Disease Awareness day, so this weekend my family took the Take A Bite Out of Lyme challenge to raise...
by Sara | May 4, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning
This past week was rough. Not gonna lie. At least, healthwise. I was in more pain than I’ve been in in . . . maybe a year? On top of that, my laptop broke, which definitely hindered writing. Between the two, I decided to stick with an easier blog post this week and...
