This is the first in a series of post I am going to do about things I love. These are things that lift my spirits and help get me through my good and bad days. They are in NO PARTICULAR ORDER, so the fact that post #1 is not about my husband does not make me the worst wife on the planet! How I battle Fibrofog. Sudoku! For those of you unfamiliar with Sudoku, the object is to fill a 9x9 grid so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3x3 boxes contains the digits from 1 to 9 only one time each. Digits cannot repeat in box, row or column. It is a simple concept but … [Read more...]
Weddings Make Me Nostalgic
I am flying to Hawaii tomorrow to attend the wedding of one of my best friends from high school. Kim & I have been friends for nearly 25 years, and her approaching wedding has made me very reflective and nostalgic about our friendship and our youth. It has also made me realize how much I have changed and how much Fibromyalgia has forced me to change. Kim and I met in high school. We had an English class together. I was a serious and studious student, sitting in the front row, taking notes, and hanging on to Mr. Gordon’s every word (partly because I secretly wanted to marry him). Kim … [Read more...]
10 Things That Make Me Happy Every Day
The gentle kiss my husband Rob places on my sleepy cheek before he leaves for work in the morning. Seeing my 13-year-old lab Casey curled up behind me in her favorite chair while I sit working at my desk. The squeaking sound that comes from my dog Finley as he runs back and forth through the house, chomping his favorite stuffed shark or armadillo in his mouth. The grunts my BIG cat Monty lets out whenever he jumps down off of anything and hits the floor. The weight of my not-so-big cat Moby on my legs as I lay sleeping in bed. (Ok sometimes this annoys me and I kick and squirm and … [Read more...]