Living with Fibro (Fibromyalgia)

living with fibromyalgia

I’m often asked to describe some aspect of fibro (fibromyalgia), my chronic pain, chronic illness, etc. It’s not easy. There are so many pieces that all interconnect. As soon as I mention one thing, something else comes up… because one always affects the other, and another and another… I recently went through my worst flareup. … Read more

Time passes…

No matter how much time passes, it doesn’t get any easier. The time between hurting gets bigger, but the hurt is still there, waiting to bubble to the surface. …not always for warned of the triggers, getting through most anniversaries without too much life interruption. But this particular time of year is just hard. As … Read more

If not now, then when?

Now Distant Thoughts

Have you ever wanted something/somewhere/someone so much, so bad… that you were willing to do almost anything to get it? No matter how counter-intuitive, no matter how hard it might seem… and it wasn’t hard at all? Acting outside of our comfort zone, especially against natural instincts is a sure fire way to see growth. … Read more

Coming home

Yarmouth Courthouse from Frost Park

People ask me where is home – where I’m from – and I call myself a Yarmouth transplant. I moved here in middle school, and left after I marrying a local. My dad was a member of Royal Canadian Mounted Police and both of my grandfathers were in the Air Force. Our family is a … Read more