Happy Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week! The theme for Awareness Week this year is “Making the invisible visible by sharing a day in the life with IBD.” In today’s blog post, I share my innermost thoughts and wishes as someone living with an invisible disease. Life with Invisible Symptoms My colon was almost destroyed because […]
Life is Too Short to Work a Job That Doesn’t Bring You Joy: Lessons From Chronic Illness and My Time as a Receptionist
Living with chronic illness has taught me that time is finite and moments are precious. So after working a job that didn’t bring me joy for a year and a half, I realized something needed to change. In this post, I share lessons I learned during my time as a receptionist and explain why I […]
My 25th Birthday: 25 Things I’ve Learned in a Quarter of a Decade
April is my birthday month. And as I sat on the couch on my birthday eating a delicious microwavable cake my mom mailed me from across the country, I realized how much I’ve learned and how much I’ve grown as a person in my 25 years. So, I thought it would be fun to share […]
Springtime Musings: Self-Care, Sleep, and Sunlight
Have you ever participated in one of A Chronic Voice’s writing linkups for bloggers? It’s essentially a way to connect with other bloggers, and every month, there’s a set of new prompts to write about. This April linkup’s prompts are the words: tiring, educating, receiving, giving, and quieting. They don’t necessarily have to be about […]
Chronic Illness and Loneliness: A Poem From My Journal
Coping with loneliness is not uncommon for us spoonies in the chronic illness community. Things like declining plans to stay home and rest, being home-bound due to pain or flares, and self-quarantining can sometimes make us feel alone. When I was recovering from my hospitalization in the fall of 2018, I had to drop out […]