Music Monday: Life is a Highway

Finding Your Speck of Light

Depression is the number one mental illness in the United States. Everyone suffers from the blues atleast once in their life. Since living with lupus it’s been a struggle to  avoid depression. During the first few years of my illness I went through a time of deep depression. I felt like the world had ended. I had given up on life. I just went through the motions of life rather then pulling my self together and accepting it as another one of those opstacles in life. It took me years to get to the point where the depression does not affect me as much. I still do struggle with depression every day. It’s heard getting up each day when your in pain almost constant. It would be easier to just sink back in to depression.  At the time, I felt like I was the only one dealing with the pain. In reality I did know other people suffered from chronic pain, but at the time I felt like the pain had stolen all my hopes and dreams. I’m realising now that I can over come things even if I live in pain every single day of my life. I pray eacch day for it to disapper in the sunset and wonder why I got ‘blessed’ with chronic pain and lupus.

For anyone dealing with chronic illness hold your head up high and smile beccause their’s always light at the end of the tunnel even if it’s just a speck of light. Have a great day and pray your pain will be reduced.

Having Issues with Blog

Hello readers,

I have been having major issues with my blog not from my own doing. There is a bug running around that attacks your header, so make sure your permissions are set correctly and only the file information you put into the header. It is a really nasty bug that may require you importing your entire blog and your php admin. It is not an easy fix either. I had to put an entire new wordpress file and re-upload your wordpress files. Make sure you look at wordpress.org on how to do it all

it will be fixed really soon.

Checking to see if things work…

Getting Back on Your Feet

A friend of mine was having a lot trouble keeping on her feet after a divorce. She fought to keep her house during the divorce, but she had to let the house go because she could not afford to take care of the house and her son. She lost her job and it took her over 6 months to find a job. Meanwhile, she put in over 50 applications for a job. During the time she lived off her credit cards and living with a friend. She had to turn off her water and electricity because of not having enough money to pay the bills. She lived on her friend’s sofa bed while her son stayed with a family member. It was a rough time in her life. She had to use her credit card to pay her car payment which has caused her to be in debt. I have talked to her about calling a debt consolidation firm, but her pride just will not let her. I have tried telling her it is not the same as filing bankruptcy. I told her at least give them a call and she might be surprised how helpful the company will be for her. I have had to deal with a debt consolation company to get me out of debt. I was pleased with the help.

Music Monday: Bryan Adams By A Teen Girl

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Wordless Wednesday: Roses

Don’t Set Yourself Up for Failure

Going on a diet is not an easy thing to do no matter how much weight you want to lose or how many times you have tried to lose the weight. Most people I know set their selves up for failure before they start a diet. Let’s say someone wants to lose 50 pounds by summer so they can wear that favorite bikini. If they get half way through the process and they cannot get past losing that last 30 pounds. It would be easy to give up on dieting and gain those 20 pounds back they have worked so hard to lose. Most of us want to have things right now and it is extremely hard to be patient about our weight loss. It is easier to feel like a failure then feel like a success. One step you could take to lose the weight is start on that diet right after summer so it may be a more realistic goal. It is important to remember even if you do not lose all the weight right now you’re still a success. It might be an important step to talk with other people who have the same goals for weight loss. A diet detective may be able to tell you what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong  when you are trying to lose weight.

Finding Comfort In Weightlessness

Dealing with chronic pain has become my own nightmare. It is funny how you do not know until you live with chronic pain what it is like to live your life in pain. The pain from fibromyalgia and lupus varies from day to day. Some days I wake up and I can tolerate the pain while other days it takes everything I have to deal with the pain. On the bad days, it would be much easier to isolate myself. I have to force myself to leave the room for my family. It hasn’t been easy dealing with chronic pain, but it’s got to the point that I am wondering if something is wrong with me if I have a good day. I have tried multiple things just to deal with the day after day. I have used a tens unit for the pain, a lot of muscle creams, medications, and getting in the pool. Getting in the pool and has helped me a lot. I am not sure if it is the weightlessness of getting in the pool or the warm water, but it seems to sooth my muscles. I wish I had a pool at home to help with the aches and pains. When I am in the water I am able to move around better which gives me back some control of my life. I would love to have one of those  therapy pools at home to help with my aches and pain. The pool in my area does not heat up enough for me to benefit from it during the winter. I do wish they had a warm enough pool for it to be worth going out to in the winter.

Let’s Play a Little Ball

During the winter the baseball practicing place is closed during the winter because of the weather in my state. It usually opens in the spring time. I am not into baseball, but I have seen a few games at the stadium where I used to live. The baseball field in my town is close to my daughter’s old school. At times it was difficult to pick her up because of the ball park field next to the school. I have watched a few games on television and it amazes me how fast they can throw a ball. I would not like to feel the ball hitting me. I am surprised the players do not have to wear the same equipment as football players. The last time I went to a ball game they were checking how fast the ball was thrown with a radar gun similar to the ones that police use to check if someone is speeding. They are able to check the speed in the car and outside the car, which makes it an useful tool for a police officer. It is amazing how things in technology can help us improve the quality of things we do in life every day. It helps help the police to make our town a safer place to live for everyone.