All I Want For Christmas is……Comfort and Joy

How can we all find comfort and joy this Christmas? I really don't have a dot point list of jolly holly answers for you. I'm not even sure I can rustle up a Ho Ho Ho!

My Medical Musings Christmas “Blogmas”…plus a Health Update

This post is all about my Christmas musings during December last year as I realised I had written and shared more than I usually do and just haven’t had the time or energy this year.

Don’t Forget The Season of Advent….Christmas Is Coming

In the hustle and bustle of preparing for Christmas I love the Advent season. This is the season the Christian church celebrates in the lead up to Christmas. It’s the start of the Church year and Advent Sunday marks the four Sunday’s before Christmas Day.It’s a season of reflection and expectation. Advent is latin for … Continue reading Don’t Forget The Season of Advent….Christmas Is Coming

Finding Ways To Survive “Living in Limbo” with Chronic Illness

Life isn’t always straightforward. It's a bit of a cliche, I know, but it’s so true!Eight years ago, I sat in pain with two broken legs, recovering from two major surgeries eight weeks apart. I was facing a future filled with so many “unknown” elements.At that moment, “Life isn’t straight forward”, is exactly what came … Continue reading Finding Ways To Survive “Living in Limbo” with Chronic Illness

6 Ways I Stay Chronically Content Despite Chronic Illness

Whatever your chronic disease or circumstances, don't let your happiness be defined by what has been taken away from you. Think upon the things that make you smile.

It’s Chronically Close To Christmas!

Perhaps chronic illness is giving me a Christmas gift. The gift of time. Time to stop. Time to get out of the rat race of life. Time to reconnect with what really matters in life.

It’s Never As Easy As…

How many times have you said, “No worries, that’s as easy as…….”I know I’ve said it countless times during my life. In fact its how I used to live my life. Everything was seemingly easy and if it wasn’t, I could quickly convince myself it was.I had a positive can do, absolutely, yes to everything, … Continue reading It’s Never As Easy As…