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Tom, I still can't believe you're gone. |
May 24 2010 |
It's only been a month and I still dream that you're alive. It doesn't seem possible that my younger cousin is gone, especially when I planned to visit you, Angel, and the kids atChristmas. Life is so fragile, and your death made that so real. I think that I wish you hadn't taken that vacation, but when God calls us home, it's time, I guess. I wish we
More changes. I'm exhausted. |
Feb 11 2010 |
I've read this Herx reaction or 'healing crisis' is normal, but it is tough! |
Jan 31 2010 |
Well, I've been off gluten for 1 1/2 weeks. It really has made a difference. No more abdominal pain fifteen minutes after eating! I met a woman in Whole Foods yesterday who wasa complete angel. Since I'm so new to this really thinking and researching before I just pop some food in my mouth, she told me about many brands that are safe and, especially, how she feel
About Trusting Others... |
Jan 11 2010 |
This is the second day in a row that a daily women's devotional I get through email was EXACTLY what I needed to read. I wanted to share in hopes it may also help others.
When God is Silent |
Jan 10 2010 |
When God is Silent
A change in thought creates a change in circumstance. |
Jan 04 2010 |
Someone made me a cassette tape some years ago. I don't even remember who (?) Maybe it was my support group in Colorado Springs with people who were also dealing with panic. This affirmation is the one I remembered from the cassette ~ it is very powerful and true!
I've been a caregiver all my life. It's not totally negative, of course. It is part
Surrender |
Dec 26 2009 |
God, grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
Amen.
Only we know the truth for ourselves... |
Dec 26 2009 |
Stepping through a door I want to close forever |
Dec 25 2009 |
It's Christmas. Strangely, it could be January or February. I'm about to talk about something I never have faced. It will free me. The person who deserves this diarypost was never me. I always was. I knew things could change, but I lost a precious person in the process.
Then, irrational, insane decisions because of a disease. What do I do
