A blog for people living with illness while creating a journey of limitless potential.
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. – Winston Churchill One of the most interesting activities I have done in the last few years was an exercise where I asked a question to an international support site I used to be a chat host for. I asked the group what were some things …
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime. -Babe Ruth I encounter many people every day who deal with illness. I run two support groups for people …
This is a song that I listen to often when I am having a rough time. I thought it tied in with my journaling entry this week. I thought I would add it for you to have a listen. Enjoy! She Used to Be Mine
Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself. -Robin S. Sharma One of my tools that has helped me the most through my life is a journal. It is also probably the thing that …
When the customer comes first, the customer will last. – Robert Half This may seem minor, but in my world today, this was a great day. As a female, I am always apprehensive about taking my vehicle in to have work done. Stereo-typically, I know nothing about cars. I know how to drive them, put …
This article was brought to my attention by a member of a support group I run. Although I do not live in Calgary, I think this is a great article about the way the world is adapting to be more inclusive for people with mobility limitations. As someone who definitely struggles in this area, one …
Grief is characterized much more by waves of feeling that lessen and reoccur, it's less like stages and more like different states of feeling. - Meghan O'Rourke Grief is one of life's hardest lessons to learn. For me it has been that anyway. Before I was a teacher and school administrator, I began my career …
When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water. – Benjamin Franklin Water has always been a magical element for me. It might have began in my childhood. I was brought up in a city that happens to be on one of our country’s Great Lakes. My childhood was made up of camping on …
