May 11, 2016 |
christine |
Featured, Spoon Lady Speaks |
45 Comments
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 her in pain both emotionally and physically.
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TAGS: awareness, fibro, fibromyalgia, may 12, spoonie
May 10, 2016 |
christine |
Articles, Featured, Personal Essays |
20 Comments
If you ask my dad about Lupus he will give you a very seemingly odd answer. He will always say “Getting a grip on Lupus is like trying to tie up Jello with a string” Most people laugh, look confused, or even attempt to think of how one would even begin to tie up Jello with a string. It's one
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TAGS: angry, dad, jello, lupus, metaphor, miserandino, sle
May 9, 2016 |
christine |
Featured, Spoon Lady Speaks |
6 Comments
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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TAGS: lupus, lupus awareness, may 10, orange, purple, sle, spoonie
I have been putting off reading this book for over a year. My boss had it for a while. He borrowed it from his friend, and while he was at work, and I was babysitting the kids, I would read Marley and Me, while the kids slept. I hit the first heartbreaking moment of the book and I had to put it dow
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Back in the early winter, I found out my husband and I were having a new addition to our family in the fall. Determined to sleep a little easier, and hopefully ease some pain during my second pregnancy, than I did the
first, I set off on a mission to find a body pillow to help support as many of my
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If you are a mom like me, you can recognize the Gerber baby logo anywhere. Our babies have been eating their foods for years, but I had no idea the same company offers children's life insurance. I know it may sound silly to
get term life insurance for a child, but I decided to research and find ou
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Amidst the cacophony of people who wanted an article on Herbal Housekeeping, here is your reward!
After some research I have found that it is making quite a comeback. New research indicates not only presumed health hazards with the range of “normal” toxic chemicals we use on a daily basis, but a
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I am now a dried fruit junkie and snacks like these from Peeled Fruits do not help my addiction! This is a relatively young company and their enthusiasm shows! First of all, I loved the bold, funky packaging. Dried fruit usually seems so boring and well, lifeless. Dried fruit is a natural source of
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It is Healthy Eating Month at ButYouDontLookSick.com!
I think I can officially be called the Snack Queen now. For the past month I have searched high and low for good, healthy, satisfying snacks. I find that most of my calories or "bad eating habits" come from the snacking I did, not necessarily fro
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Are you looking for healthy snacking options? If you are, maybe you should check out nutsonline.com. There are over 800 delicious snacks to choose from. Don't let the name fool you, they sell more than nuts!
Nutsonline.com sells products by the pound or by the case. If you normally
shop for nuts a
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I love getting new things, but more so I love getting new things that don't cost me very much. Recently I found a great site where the sky is the limit on what you can find. The prices are amazing and it's all local!!!!
The site is http://www.kijiji.ca for Canadians and http://www.kijiji.com for t
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It is Healthy Eating month at ButYouDontLookSick.com!
Remember those fruit roll-ups we used to eat when we were kids? I begged my mother for them as a snack after school. On my recent quest to eat better, I was thinking how great it would be to have something like that for
us adults who want to eat
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It is Healthy Eating month at ButYouDontLookSick.com!
On my quest to eat healthier, I learned the hard lesson that I am lazy. I hate to admit it, but that is the reality. I want to eat better, I have the desire, but I am tired, and have no patience. If I am hungry, I want to eat now! Well, eating he
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