There comes a time in everyone's life when they must re-evaluate things. For some it is their career path or material possessions, for others it is their choice in friends or bonds with family. For me, this year, it has been a little of everything. I have spent a better part of the past year ta
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It was my birthday this week and I have been in a funk, depressed, and moody and no one really understands why. Birthdays are occasions for presents, friends, and usually a few candles to blow out. Everyone around me has tried to cheer me up with lunch dates, surprise parties and lots of chocolate c
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I love the thought of New Year's Day. It is a great chance to renew the spirit, set goals, and start fresh. Whatever you have experienced in the past year this is a chance to have a new outlook. What a great feeling! For those of you who were members of this newsletter last year, you might remember
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In addition to my lupus, I also have fibromyalgia. One of my best friends was recently diagnosed with it as well. I love her. I feel that although pain and fibro is something I know a bit about, I can not help her acceptance of this diagnosis. I have seen ...
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Wear orange or purple, send friends your favorite awareness websites (bydls.com ? lol) to educate, read, ask your friends to read some lupus facts, make your status a lupus support or awareness message, blog about lupus, blog about your friends with lupus, Do something nice for a person living with ...
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Paper Directions! So much paper packing In the box and such a thick instruction book. All those languages, I only speak English. I have to guess you are trying to hide the best secret in the world: that the new 550 is EASY to use. I ...
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How lucky is this? In the mail today, I received a free sample of Musselman’s Apple Sauce, just when I made a commitment to lose weight last week. The great god of internet says I can snack on ½ cup of unsweetened apple sauce for 2 points but with a ...
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