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Happy Tickaversary - Year 4

I can’t believe it’s “only” been 4 years since the “Summer of the Ticks.” It seems like a lifetime ago. In many ways it was – I am a...

And the Tick Ran Away with the Spoons

Understanding Spoon Theory is really important for others to understand the Lymie way of life.

God of Spoons - The Wasted Days

We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS | "Henceforth I resolve to regard these as God’s signal that I am to stop and listen." -Frank Laubach

God of POTS - The Wasted Days, Part 2

We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS | God is in charge of my "Wasted Days." He's doing the work. I can BE... in my pain, in my sorrow.

Happy Tickaversary - Year 3

People think of recovery as tomorrow being better than yesterday, every day, every week, a little stronger. But Lyme-MSIDS recovery, like th

A Tale of Two Lymies

This article was originally written while I still identified as an Evangelical, struggling with judgment and condemnation surrounding my...

Recommended Reading: "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

(warning: blessed spoilers) All excerpts from "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill; 1971. There is an...

Me Too... No More.

Why do we shrug off our bodies telling us that SOMETHING IS WRONG? We no longer view feeling unwell as a problem... and its killing us.

Happy Tickaversary! Year 2

Instead of lamenting the weekend I found the tick that changed it all, I will celebrate surviving thus far!

Job's Daughter - Part 2: Back to Job

There is a time to break down. There is a time to weep. There is a time to mourn. There is a time to be silent. Take it, and have peace.

Job's Daughter - Thoughts on Dying Young

I need to realize the self-fulfilled purpose of merely existing. I was created. I lived. He was glorified. It is finished.

The Tattoo

Somewhere out there is a young woman whose life has just been derailed by Lyme, unsure if life is still worth living. For her, I write.

So I Have Lyme Disease

I’m entering my 5th month of treatment for Lyme disease (suspected 10th month of infection), and I’m having a rare “good week” when I...

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