Category Archives: Social Support

Embracing living on the edge~ both in health and humor

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” – Ethel Barrymore   In April, the MLWT book discussion group on Shelfari.com hosted Carla Ulbrich’s  book  How Can You NOT Laugh......

PFAM is here for May 25th!

Okay, I am amazed that we are already in mid-May.  Thanks to Leslie at  Getting Closer To Myself   for reminding me to get going on calls for submissions.  I will be hosting the next Patients F......

It is World Lupus Day – got your armor on?

  If you are living with lupus, or know someone who is, you will undoubtedly come across references to it live or via internet.  Over the last three years of MLWT, I have watched the presence of......

May 7th~ World Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Day

I have had the pleasure of meeting and collaborating with some amazing people, including the crew at the Spondylitis Association of America. Although there isn’t an official chapter of the Spon......

May and Lupus back in the spotlight

Here we are again~ National Lupus Awareness Month.  International Lupus Awareness Day is May 10th.  In Oregon, SB348 (Senate Bill 348 designates May of each year as Lupus Awareness Month and ma......

Perspective on Me, Myself and I

Here we are in the middle of April and, thankfully here in Oregon, the sun is beginning to give us a little break from the gray and rain.  Boy, will our bones love that, huh?  Even though Spring......

April Book for MLWT Discussion Group

Just a quick note~  Today begins our April MLWT book group discussion on Shelfari.com   and we are featuring Carla Ulbrich’s  How Can You NOT Laugh At A Time Like This? .  In fact, Carla has jo......

Holding onto the little things to fuel our tomorrows

As I begin to close my 2010 and prepare for a new one, I look back over the tumultuous last three months with a heavy heart. In fact, I went through pictures from holiday seasons past this year......

Moving away from stuffing feelings and more towards stocking stuffers

Every now and then, I will come across something that is so simple yet so powerful that it astounds me.  It is easy to get carried away and overwhelmed with the holiday season.  It seems like e......

Season of “Family”

The month of November officially begins, what I call, my “Season of Family.” Besides the usual holiday hooplah and the mounting stress that accompanies it all, this is the time when ......

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