stories of a real life wonder woman

Hi there, I got to see my parents today and that makes me so happy. I mean I am a little sad now that they are gone. But I know that being here and making this place home is the right thing. And I know I live close enough that they can come down for the day and that is huge. But it is still hard sometimes to not live just down the street from them. Still hard to say goodbye even after spending most of the day laughing with them. This week I have been thinking a lot about redemption and forgiveness. When I look at the world I see a lot of people upset and demanding justice. Now justice is not a bad thing but recently I have noticed that some groups in their quest for justice have been digging up the past even at times when amends have already been made. And I think, "What about forgiveness?" Then I think about how I have been guilty of this as well. Thinking that whoever has wronged me should get what I think they deserve then somehow things will be right. But I have a...

Hey there, I'm not going to say it was great and that my body loved it but I shoveled something like 6 times this week. That's a pretty big accomplishment. My body hated that but I did it. And still managed to do things like go to work. Which is also a big deal. And being able to see that I can do that is a pretty big confidence booster. I mean my body is hurting a lot more than normal right now. And it hurt even more during the week to the point where I was having trouble sleeping - my regular sick body pain plus major physical activity pain is not a fun combo. But I still accomplished that. Since I am trying hard to focus on the positives I would say shoveling and not missing work because of the pain I was in is a big deal. This week something happened that has happened in the past and it always takes me back a little but mostly it makes me think. What happened was that I had sighed and a friend at work said something like, "What's up?" Since I wasn't fe...

Hey there, I don't have much to say this week but thought I should post something. I feel better today than I have in at least two weeks. Yesterday I ended up taking most of the day off because I felt disgusting and eating made it worse. I had been dealing with nausea for over two weeks and after that amount of time I wanted to throw in the towel. So for the day I did. And then last night around nine I remembered how one of my GI doctors said that the stomach med I am on again doesn't play well with others meaning that it can make things worse unless you take it at least 10 minutes before you take any of your other meds. So this morning I did that. I took my stomach med and it calmed down the little bit of nausea that I had and then I waited about half an hour and took my other meds and I was fine. I was even able to eat some breakfast which I have not been able to do for over two weeks. How I feel today verse how I have felt the past two weeks is almost a complete turn...