tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39838327632038845512026-03-31T18:33:31.960-05:00Am I Just Wandering? or am I lost? Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17739125767150972456noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983832763203884551.post-35109991230569850252025-08-03T11:36:00.000-05:002025-08-03T11:36:03.765-05:00

  Today, I want to talk about something deeply personal: ankylosing spondylitis (AS). It’s a type of arthritis that primarily affects the spine. In my case, the vertebrae in my spine are fusing together—that is what the “ankylosing” means. The result? Pain. Stiffness. And a very different way of moving through life. AS doesn’t look the same for everyone. Some people experience little to no

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  Lately, I’ve been thinking about adding a new topic to this blog: chronic health conditions—specifically, the ones I live with. No, I didn’t say suffer from. That’s important to me. I live with these conditions, I manage them, and while they affect my life, they don’t define it. Here’s what I’m thinking, and I’d really appreciate your feedback: Would you prefer that I write about each

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 Working from Home: The Truth Behind the Myths One of the topics I’ve decided to feature regularly on my blog is working from home. It’s a subject surrounded by rumors, assumptions, and flat-out untruths — and I want to help clear some of that up. For starters, work-from-home jobs aren’t new. I’ve known about them since at least the late 1970s. Back then, there were people working remotely

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 Welcome Back — I’m Blogging Again! So as you can see, it’s been a while since I’ve written. Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes. But recently, I’ve been encouraged to start my blog up again. After thinking it over, I’ve decided to make a little time and work on doing just that. At this point, I’m not putting myself or this blog into a box. I’ve always lived outside the box. When

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This post contains affiliate links. As many of you do, I have seasonal allergies. Spring and Fall are actually my favorite seasons. The weather is just right for anything outdoors: camping, fishing, yard work, gardening, even good choring weather. Unless--you have seasonal allergies! You know, stuffy nose, that creates a breeding ground for bacteria so you end up with a sinus infection. These

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This post contains affiliate links. Photo by Todd DeSantis on Unsplash Summer is just around the corner and that means FUN IN THE SUN!!! That also means, bumps, bug bites, sprains, scratches, sunburns, and all sorts of owies! Just goes with the territory.So, I thought I would let you know my recommendations for an all-natural first-aid kit.  Miracle Skin Salve&

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Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I can see the looks on your faces now.  How do you go through menopause, naturally, yet get "help" with it???? First of all, you educate yourself. Talk to your friends and family, including the males. They have been observers of their female loved ones going through. Also, research for yourself. I highly recommend "What Your Doctor

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Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I recently heard about all the benefits of Elderberry Syrup. My thoughts were, "Yeah. Natural IS the way to go, but only Slippery Elm heals what ails you. Its the best cure all out there." Well, my thinking has changed. I started here and here. Then my eldest daughter had a virus that is hard to get shed of. She talked with her

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This has actually been a long time coming. For many years I have been against tolerance. Yes, heard the collective drawing in of everyone's breath. Please, let me explain. Tolerance is defined as: 1:  capacity to endure pain or hardship :  endurance, fortitude, stamina 2a :  sympathy or indulgence for beliefs or practices differing from or conflicting

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WOW! I can hear all of you saying it now-those that are left. My life has been extremely busy, chaotic and a mish mash of chaos, ups, downs, lefts and rights. Too much to sort through enough to write about. Too confused and thinking way to much to make any of it come out in writing. there has been forward movement, back steps and lots of introspection. I am planing to start sharing

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My sincere apologies for not having written this, as promised the next day after Installment 2--sometimes life gets in the way of living! As the old saying goes, "THe best laid plans of mice and men often go awry." I have just had a lot on mind, much going on in my family and life and knitting and Family Farm Seaside have been mine distractions when not working on a pair of moccasins. Now, on

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Yesterday I wrote about the First Agreement, you can read that blog post here. Tonight I want to explore the second agreement--                   2. Don't take anything personally.  Nothing others do is because of you. What others say                         and do is a projection of

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Sometimes, things in your life just keep happening. You wonder, "Why?" I have come to believe it is because you have not yet learned the lesson therefore Creator God, keeps presenting it. Recently, the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (available here The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) ) was given to me. I have read it in the past and it is one of

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It's very cold today-has been for two days-1° or less! Needless to say anything needing to be done outside takes much less time. It is amazing how fast you can move when it's this cold! LOLOne of my daughters is trying so hard to help someone that did very ugly things to her. This person was mad that I just was-that I existed and made false reports to the state child welfare office about my

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This was written 28 December 2000 WHY? We all ask this question a lot. Why, before we can work through one problem, does another (or several others) crop up?Some say it is the Devil. To be glad that he is ‘after' you. If you were not serving God, Satan would have no need to be after you.Others say it is God. He is ‘testing' your faith. Doesn't He already know all about your faith?Some say

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This piece was written 13 January 2001 Why do others question your decisions in your walk with God?Is it really their business? Do they make themselves feel better by making you feel belittled? Are they trying to get God to see your faults so maybe He will lay off them??It is so frustrating to pray and seek God's will for a situation and He tells you to do 'A' when your heart is screaming

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This piece was written 16 January 2001 Is blood really thicker than water? We all grow up being told it is. We all want to believe we can count our family in times of trouble, but can we?We go through rough times and if they are Christians they will say they are praying for us. Most likely they do. Some will pray fervently and not stop until they get that prayer through to the throne room.

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This is something I wrote on 26 February 2001. It was previously published on a no defunct website that paid per view. We recently met a gentleman that is a wonderful person. At least we thought so. He offered to help us out with transportation problems, taking me places when David was at work and offering to sell us his extra vehicle. We helped him gather wood and offered to help him with

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Ever get to researching on using an herbal remedy and everything you can find assumes you already know what a decoction is versus a tea? Well, I am going to help clear that up, at least some of it. Here is a list of common ways to use herbs and how to make and use them. Understand that different methods bring out different constituents of the plants. Do your research and know what you want to

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Catnip This is first of at least seven harvests of catnip that will be coming in from behind my boyfriend's Mom's chicken house. Isn't it beautiful? Catnip is also known as catmint, catnep, catrup, catswort, & field balm. In my experience, there may be ten more things it is called by different people in different areas of the world. When my oldest child (born in 1986) was a couple

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As many ladies do, I had makeup and hair ties in a drawer in the bathroom, extras in a makeup bag and my hair barrettes, combs, etc. in baskets on the container. This was NOT conducive to even knowing what all I had much less getting ready in a reasonable time.  Now, "reasonable time" is different for everybody. It was taking me about thirty minutes to get my face painted and hair

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Psa 19:14 KJV - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable] in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Now, for the entire Psalm: [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.[There is] no speech nor

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I went yesterday and spoke to the surgeon. She is a very sweet lady, I met her before, she did my biopsy. She explained to me that having adenomyosis, which is what they believe I have, is the better choice. I also need to have a rectocele repair. (I have had this for 22 years after a doctor felt the need to use high forceps on me & for reasons beyond any other OB/GYN, refused to repair it.)

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At 45 I have only had two surgeries and been under general anesthesia four times. The prospect of the "little death" is actually more scary than the surgery itself. The first time was when my third child, David Israel, was born. He was posterior. My midwife had transported me to the hospital due to the fact I was having so much pain between contractions and my babies were so large. She

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