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Wear Purple Today and Give Yourself Some Recognition

  There is a month full of campaigns for lupus awareness~ I’ll try to make note of as many as I can. What I would really like to do is encourage you to wear purple today and show not only ......

Define “ugly”

  I am always amazed at how difficult it is for me to return to writing here after a long absence.  Why is it so hard to get motivated to be willing to spill my thoughts into the cosmos?  ......

Putting our money where our needs are

So, as the little reader board on my site here has been teasing you about regarding the “first line of your story”, I’m finally able to write a little more about what I mean by that.......

How do I see my Illness?

I missed the deadline for the PFAM this month, but Leslie has graciously allowed us to submit late and here is mine. I offer both in-person and online Discovery Sessions that focus on wellness –......

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......

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......

Sound the trumpets, but heed the call

This was a big week for me and I intend to write about all that is going on in the next few days.  I want to begin with one of those “big” items, though, that has caused some mixed feelings and ......

Applying the brakes and taking back the wheel

  If you had asked me in January whether I realized how much my 2011 goal of  catching up would bring on a domino effect leaving me buried still into February, I would’ve scoffed…and you ......

Integrative Care and Autoimmune Disease~ A Community presentation

Here’s a note from the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation regarding their upcoming Portland-area support group meeting on November 13th: “Guest speaker at the next Scleroderma Support ......

Incognito No More

For my contributions for Invisible Illness Awareness Week  this year, Leslie  at Getting Closer To Myself and I are collaborating on a fun little project with our goal being to make the invisibl......

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