Archive for May, 2009

Fibromyalgia, Gauging Pain, and Self Doubt (revisited and revised, in part)

Before you read this post, I rec­om­mend you go here.
I’ve been think­ing back to this post from last July…
As you may have noticed I have yet to post my follow-up to last Wednesday’s ques­tion, “What brings you strength?”  That trend will con­tinue, as I have some­thing else on my mind.
Over the past two weeks I have had […]


Fibro on the Fly 003: Finding Strength Follow-Up 1

Just a quick post to beg your par­don for my delay in post­ing on what brings me strength.  Fact is, I haven’t been feel­ing too strong, of late.  (And when I have been feel­ing strong I’ve also been feel­ing busy.)  I only made it par­tially through church today; I had to bail when the whole […]


The Wednesday What: What Brings You Strength?

Today was a beau­ti­ful day. (Made love­lier by the local boy’s win on Amer­i­can Idol.) And on days like this I am try­ing to develop the habit of think­ing back to a tough day, week, or month, and giv­ing thanks for the things and peo­ple that helped me get from there to a lovely […]


K8 Introduces You to a Little Something New">Hooray! My Life with Fibro is 100 / K8 Introduces You to a Little Something New

I can barely believe it… but I’m thrilled.

That’s right.  My Life with Fibro is 100 posts old.
For all those who say fibro­folks can’t stick with any­thing… I smile in your gen­eral direc­tion.  And for those who sup­port fibro­folks, I give thanks.  Actu­ally, I give thanks for the negative-vibe-sending peo­ple too.  They anger me and moti­vate me […]


K8">Monday Night Dinner 004: Getting to Know K8

I never do this sort of thing, but I real­ized this would be a fun way for you to get to know me, beyond the fibro and fibro-related bits of my life.  And, it has an 8 in it, like K8.  And my friend Rochelle, of Learn­ing to Trust, rec­om­mended I give it a shot.
8 Things […]