chronic fatigue syndrome
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conundrum
For Art Journal Caravan w/Tangie Baxter: Itinerary #13 {Wordography: Conundrum} This word had me stumped (ha!) for quite awhile. Then I considered the main conundrum of my own life; the need to balance my inherent introversion, which is much exacerbated by illness, with the need for human connection. I'm either exhausted, or isolated.… Continue reading
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Challenge
[Click the photo for full credits and larger sizes at flickr.] The Art Journal Caravan word for this week is challenge. I don't sit about thinking how sick I am, but this word certainly pulled it out of me. Continue reading
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Art Journaling: It’s My Body
In January, I signed up for One Little Word, and discovered digital scrapbooking. It's snowballed from there, and now I'm doing digital art journaling. For some reason I am finding it easier to "talk" about being ill in images than in words, and several of the pages I've done are about this. So I may… Continue reading
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Chocolate is Good for Us!
From BBC News: Chocolate ‘aids fatigue syndrome’ A daily dose of specially- formulated dark chocolate may help cut chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms. Patients in a pilot study found they had less fatigue when eating dark chocolate with a high cocoa content than with white chocolate dyed brown. Researchers from Hull York Medical School said the… Continue reading
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Guilt, Shame, & Responsibility
I didn’t ask to be born! For some reason, trying to sleep in the early morning, I think of this adolescent wail. And I think, all around this world — probably across the galaxy — people are born into poverty and abuse, slavery and illness, hardship and brokenness — and none of us asked for… Continue reading
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