My Life Works Today!

  Last month, I went on a hike through Tryon State Park with my new friend, MLWT Guest Blogger and Acupuncturist, Becca Seitz .  Despite my constant and intense headaches weeks prior, I felt the need to get outside and move.  Preferably with someone to talk to and in beautiful surroundings, which Becca and Tryon Creek ...

Monday was a day set aside to reflect on personal sacrifice, dedication to values, making commitments to those we share our lives with and things to believe in.  It was a day when we said “Thank You” to all those who have, and continue to be, on the frontlines for us all.   As I prepped my ...

My good friend, and fellow blogging buddy, Leslie, who authors Getting Closer To Myself   recently posted about a topic that is at the core of my work here in our Pacific Northwest lupus and chronic illness communities.  It is the topic on the love-hate relationship with participation in a support group when living with illness.  ...

After about three weeks of the most painful headaches I've ever had, I've been a little overwhelmed with trying to make up all that time off.  I don't know what brought them on, but I'm pretty certain it wasn't lupus this time.  After all these years of asking the question "Is this lupus?" with every ...

Our Oregon Scleroderma Foundation Chapter will be holding their monthly support group meeting this Saturday, May 8th.  As always, their support groups are open to all (even if you don't have Scleroderma) AND will surely be an informative as well as enjoyable meeting.  Here are more details from them about the upcoming meeting: "Here's a few ...

Personally, I’ve been under a lot of stress lately and getting a chance to relieve some of that pressure with a good chuckle sounds like a pretty good idea.  I have been trying to take up on of my new pal, and MLWT guest blogger, Andrea Crisp’s invitation to join one of her Laughter Yoga ...

I want to mention a couple of great things going on through the PNW Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and our own local branch here in Oregon~ There will be a free Public Education Seminar offered next Thursday, April 29th and the guest speaker is a well-known rheumatologist in our area, Dr. Elizabeth Tindall.  I will ...

   Hello again, dear MLWT readers. It has been over a month now since my introductory blog entry here. I have been busy attending to life – I’m sure you can identify. And the truth is, juggling our body’s needs when caring for ourselves with a chronic condition such as lupus (or in my case, ...

“What we call a symbol is a term, a name, or even a picture that may be familiar in daily life, yet that possesses specific connotations in addition to its conventional and obvious meaning.”  (Source:  Jung, C. (1964). Man and His Symbols, (Ed.). New York, NY: Dell.) I came across this definition the other day after ...

I'm sneaking in a greeting to all of you this Spring celebration of faith and renewal~  I want to share this precious card I received from my friend, Linda. of her sweet companion, Dagny.  If you are worried about this poor little pup being put through this photo, don't be.  Dagny is pretty certain that she is ...