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So very grateful!

Posted in A Passion for Living, Art Therapy, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, bulging lumbar discs, Choices and priorities, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Eagle's Wings, Having Fun!, Invalids are not invalid!, Keep Pushing!, Knitting While Waiting, Lumbar disc fusion, Peace in the Storm, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, When energy is limited . . ., When you think you can't go another step . . ., Writers don't quit when they have pain!, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Winter is moving in, ahead of the calendar date.  This is “business as usual” in Wisconsin.  We normally have several extra weeks of winter before the December solstice and way after the March equinox. Winter is beautiful.  Although I no longer “play outside” like I did for many decades, I still appreciate the winter landscape.  [...]

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Praise God for the “normal” things . . .

Posted in 4TH DEGREE BURNS, A blessed break from hospital stays, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, Being prepared for medical emergencies, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Chronic Pain is an Illness, Colon Resection Surgery, Creative Living, Eagle's Wings, Facing Surgery?, God's strength in illness and adversity, Healing, Heart Attack, Heart Surgery, Invalids are not invalid!, Lumbar disc fusion, Peace in the Storm, Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The dangers of failing to treat chronic pain medically, The Purpose of Pain, The Therapy of Nature, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

. . . waking in the morning to the sound of much needed rain, sharing a breakfast at our local “good old boy” restaurant, stopping at the library and leaving with 2 heavy sacks of books, celebrating the progression of summertime in our gardens, sitting in ”our row” in church with 10 great grandchildren—ages 6 and under, gently stepping back in [...]

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What the pain-free folks just don’t get . . .

Posted in Chronic Illness and Pain, Having Fun!, Creative Living, Avoiding Stress, The Purpose of Pain, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, Family Joys, Peace in the Storm, Back pain, Creative hobbies, Staying Active Amid Health Issues, Arthritis, God's strength in illness and adversity, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, The Dangers of Alternative Medicine, Poetry, Invalids are not invalid!, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

It’s a funny thing, living with pain.  We live with it and life is ever more precious and enjoyable because of it.  Perhaps this sounds masochistic—but it’s not.  The human spirit loves a challenge, and continual challenge followed by the joy of occasional overcoming is heady business! The hearty, pain-free world can’t understand that living with [...]

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Keeping on keeping on!

Posted in 4TH DEGREE BURNS, Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, bulging lumbar discs, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Colon Resection Surgery, Eagle's Wings, Facing Surgery?, God's strength in illness and adversity, Healing, Heart Surgery, Invalids are not invalid!, Shoulder Replacement Surgery, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, When you think you can't go another step . . ., tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.”  2 Corinthians 4:17  (NIV) God is faithful in all circumstances!  Since September 30th, 2010, Joe and I have been besieged with “one thing after another”—mainly involving a serious accident with our van for Joe and surgeries for both of [...]

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Getting on with Life!

Posted in Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Back pain, Back Surgery, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Colon Resection Surgery, Creative hobbies, Creative Living, Eagle's Wings, Facing Surgery?, God's strength in illness and adversity, Heart Surgery, Invalids are not invalid!, Invisible Illness, Keep Pushing!, Knitting While Waiting, Peace in the Storm, Pushing our Limits, Sinus Surgery, Spinal Stenosis, Staying Cool in Health Emergencies, The Purpose of Pain, What the "chronically healthy" people don't understand about chronic illness and pain, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »

It’s been a long time since I posted something new on this site!  In that time, my husband and I have experienced health issues heretofore unimagined by either one of us.  These issues are debilitating and ongoing.  They will not go away, short of miracles defying God’s natural laws.   A few weeks ago, I spent time [...]

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Eagle’s Wings!

Posted in Arthritis, Avoiding Stress, Cancer, Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Dying Grace!, Eagle's Wings, God's strength in illness and adversity, Peace in the Storm, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Terminal Illness, The Purpose of Pain, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:31 I’m pulling out of a long winter, with several considerable health challenges.  But I have only PRAISE, as God’s faithfulness [...]

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No pain without purpose!

Posted in Christian Living, Chronic Illness and Pain, Creative Living, The Purpose of Pain, tagged , , , , , on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”  Romans 8:18 NIV “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”  Romans 8:28 NIV Recently my neighbor, Betty, shared her [...]

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