Truth as I see it

    I found this great list of Mothers day ideas and wanted to share it with you. Help the people in your life learn how to help you. This is from my friend Kim and her site is Grace is Sufficient 10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts for the Chronically Ill Woman E ach year my husband and kids ask what I would like for Mother’s Day. To be honest, they usually come up with the best gifts all on their own. Here are a few great things I’ve either received or would like. I bet you can relate! Here are 10 Great Mother’s Day Gifts for the Chronically Ill Woman A slow cooker with a few ready to go freezer meals for those day’s you’re not feeling well. Having a ready to go meal in the freezer that just needs dumped in a crock pot can truly help on those days when you’re not up to cooking. A pillow for the bathtub. Hot water therapy is recommended for a number of chronic illnesses and chronic pain conditions. Why not have a tub pillow to allow y...

I needed to read this today and it helped tremendously. Highly reccommend it. Serenity when ill and also this site rest ministries Be well!

  Lord on days like today with sharp pain in my body, I wonder where you are? Most people have one illness or injury to deal with and for me you keep allowing  more. Yesterday was a beautiful day spent with my husband and on the island. Everything seemed perfect, but by the end of the day the pain in my hip/back started. I should look at yesterday as a gift I suppose but my desire is for many more days like that - many. Help my attitude Lord change my heart. When I start to question why it gets me in trouble emotionally. My upbringing included the Catholic church which at that time, focused a lot on the sins and suffering from them. I only went to Catholic church until I was about 13 but some of those messages get ingrained in to your psyche so deep that I catch my self asking for your forgiveness Lord when I am in pain or having difficulty. The truth is I am already forgiven and the price for my sins is paid though the conversations of prayer with you are al...

I am happy to say I have started to use a cane and it has been quite useful! It helps my balance and my confidence - this is walking with out my AFO's like I like to do sometimes. This is part of the acceptance I have talked about.  I am really glad my physical therapist suggested it. I have also noticed when people see me with a cane they give me more room to walk through a crowded room, etc. I think it will let people know someone who has trouble walking is here and needs to find a chair like when we went to the movies this weekend.This is not a loss it is a gain and I am grateful to have it and have a little more freedom using it. Might sound strange to some. Never judge another until you have walked or in my case stumbled in their shoes. Lord I am so incredibly grateful for the physical therapist that you have brought in to my life here and how much knowledge she has about CMT . I love working with her she is a good listener and has deep compassion. She was the bright s...