8 notes for the bad days

When you are in a slump it is hard to remember the positive mantras or little notes about life that you need to tell yourself on the difficult days. Write them down, look them up, it is okay – Brain fog is bad and it’s steals your ability to think straight! Note these down, and…

15 things not to say to someone with a chronic condition

Chronic pain and disease are not just pain or sickness. It is frustration, sadness, anger, anxiety, emptiness, and loneliness. It is wondering how on earth you will make it through, and if you can cope with this forever. It is wondering how you can pay the bills, buy your medications, and visit the doctors, while…

The fear of being abandoned

I love my boys so much, even if they do drive me to distraction 99% of the time. School term just went back, and I admit, as much as the peace is nice at home, I truly miss them! They do things wrong, they argue back, and they squabble endlessly, but that is part of…

21 habits that contribute to a happy life

Happiness isn’t as easy to find as movies and self help books full of “think positively” mantras would lead us to believe. Happiness, like anything worthwhile is hard to achieve, needs work to maintain, but is worth the struggle to find it! We can all find a measure of happiness and satisfaction in our lives,…