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21 Days of Belonging

As soon as I read the email, the word whispered in my head. Still, I searched. Wholeness? Healing? Community? What felt safe enough to commit to for 21 days? To publish and share? “belonging” the voice echoed, stronger this time. But I’m tired of talking about belonging. Of trying to find people committed to it. I’m tired of coming up empty. Emptiness, perhaps that’s my theme. Surely, I can write about emptiness for 21 days, right? It’s the perfect topic for a writing challenge. “Belonging”  ...

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Living Colorfully, Wellness

A Modern Love Letter

This is going to be long. And it probably isn’t going to go how you think it might. But today is Valentine’s Day and I want to take a moment to give thanks for the power of community, of kind actions, and of love. I’ve been having a *really* difficult few months. The kind of difficult that no amount of bold type, underlining, or capital letters can capture or accurately underscore. In late November, I was diagnosed with suspected endometriosis, adenomyosis, and PCOS. All  ...

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Musings, Relationships, Wellness

On Finding the Merry: After the holiday reflections

This image popped up on my “Facebook Memories” today and I had to chuckle. I remembered all the energy I had poured into choosing a wedding day photographer exactly for this reason. I wanted someone to capture the excitement and love and happiness of our day, because I knew that there would eventually be hard days ahead. And I wanted us to be able to look back and to remember the happy moments and how we felt on the day we got married. Little did I know, one of those “hard  ...

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Living Colorfully, Musings, Wellness

My first podcast interview!

I wanted to title this “what they don’t tell you about chronic illness” but the truth is, hardly anyone even talks about chronic illness to begin with. To be honest, before I had one, I never really thought about it. Yes, of course, I’ve had friends and family members who struggle with MS, and yes, I’m well-acquainted with mental disorders and the weight they bring, but I’d never really heard anyone talk about the struggles of living with a disability.  ...

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