Ahhh, another successful holiday season has come and gone! Now just to get things back to normal – whatever normal means. I love Christmas – decorating with all the twinkly lights, wrapping gifts that we choose so carefully for Christmas, baking yummy treats for the family gatherings, playing games, listening to Christmas music – all…
Tag: Wellness
Becoming Comfortable with the Uncomfortable. Red Pepper Jelly anyone?
As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.” ~Eckhart Tolle Over the years, I’ve slowly and painfully come to realize that if I’m going to live happily, I would need to come to terms with this illness that isn’t going anywhere…..ever! It has taken me…
Finding Santosha
Santosha – To be content with what is My sister in law and I have registered for a yoga class once a week for 10 weeks taught by one of my favorite people. I have known this instructor for at least 10 years – I first hired him as an instructor teaching yoga and fitness…
Kahlua Cinnamon Apple Bread and Some Basic Rules I Live By
As you know I have been on a journey since going on Long Term Disability – I don’t know if you have ever done it before but what I didn’t expect was all of the self-reflection that goes along with finding a new normal for yourself so regularly I find myself revisiting the rules or…
Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Treats
I’ve been a bit tired the last couple of days and so when that happens, I know that my body is telling me that it’s time to take a little break. With MS, there is no rhyme or reason of when you feel the effects of your disease. It may be Regular symptoms flaring up…
My 2 year commitment to science
In January of 2015, I began the process to participate in a Clinical Trial for a controversial procedure for those with Multiple Sclerosis called CCSVI. What the heck is that you say? Forgive me, but I have to get technical for a minute if I am to explain it to you. CCSVI stands for Chronic…
Ready, Set, Action!
You make hundreds of small decisions all day, every day. What to wear, what to eat, should I buy this, where will I go for lunch, who should I go for a walk with or should I just park it on the couch, who will I love, I’ll answer this call and not answer this…
How Fortunate Am I?
Fortunate favored by or involving good luck or fortune; lucky. Synonyms: lucky, favored, blessed, charmed auspicious or favorable. Synonyms: favorable, advantageous, providential, auspicious, welcome, beneficial, fortuitous As I was sitting here today wondering what I should write about, all I could think about is How Fortunate Am I? Things aren’t always great and peachy, but…
My Journey to Now
I have been on a journey since I was first diagnosed with MS, but particularly for the last 2 years. Here’s a little bit of what has led me to this post! Stage 1: Denial When I was first diagnosed, I had never even heard of Multiple Sclerosis so of course the first thing I…
Are you gonna let it go or make these Salted Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups?
“Later is the best friend of clutter” – Peter Walsh What makes us hold on to some things and easily toss others? For example, we were renovating, had a large dumpster, we were tossing things left, right and center and I found my mom’s wedding dress. Now, my mom was a teeny tiny beautiful woman, and…