“healthy” isn’t the same for everyone

Trigger warning for talking about weight loss/gain. In the fall of 2017, when I was 19 years old, I lost a lot of weight. I was on a medication for chronic migraine that was working well at first, but did come with a lot of side effects — including weight loss. I didn’t mind the

When Love Feels Like A Waste

“Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” -Alfred Lord Tennyson “But what is grief, if not love persevering?” -from WandaVision (I haven’t watched it, I just really love this quote) Throughout my life, but especially over the last year or so, I’ve at times felt like my love

Stop Using Ableism To Defend Your Politics

This is an excellent article (that I believe the author still updates from time to time, though I could be mistaken) that explains what some ableist terms are, replacements that aren’t offensive or discriminatory, and why the terms are ableist. I’ve referred back to it multiple times personally, and recommend it often to others when

Ten Years

Being chronically ill impacts every area of life. It has touched my productivity levels and involvement in school, in jobs, in volunteer work, in churchgoing, in family gatherings, just to name a few things. There are a lot of feelings wrapped up in this day & this month for me. There were definitely times I

Life As A Sick Person

One of the conversations I regularly take part in, both in online and offline interactions, is about chronic illness and disability. A recent tweet I saw sparked the thoughts for this blog post – it was a person asking how phrases like “you let the pain win too much” affect various disabled/chronically ill people, especially

John Crist’s Return to the Spotlight

Trigger warning – I will be writing about John Crist in this article, including talking about the women he has sexually abused.    On Wednesday this week, I came across this tweet from John Crist:   Hi everybody, it’s been a minute. A message from me https://t.co/2c4CMJSn6L — John Crist (@johnbcrist) July 15, 2020 He

On Social Distancing and Distractions

I want to offer a TW/CW/CN that this article is related to COVID-19 and social distancing. If this topic is triggering for you I recommend skipping this article for now as I don’t want to cause anyone harm or discomfort. Read responsibly and take care of yourself, dear friend.    I’ve enjoyed video games for

Why Body Positivity Matters

This article is inspired by many body positivity related posts I’ve seen online, like this Twitter thread from user @margechimpson: “Should I start a count of every time my sister (or anyone else) tells me, ‘You look great, like you’ve lost weight!’ And I say, ‘No. I haven’t. I’m not trying to. I am very

Twitter Theology: Does Prayer Work?

As in several previous articles I have written under “Twitter Theology”, the inspiration for this article came from a tweet, which read as follows: “#ProgressiveChristian, #Agnostic, & #Deconstructing Twitter friends – one of my besties just asked me, “Do you think prayer works?” So I’m curious – do YOU think prayer works? Let’s have a

Faith and Chronic Illness

There’s a Bible college near where I live called Christ For The Nations. Every summer they have a youth camp called Youth For The Nations. I attended this camp with my youth group in 2016, and the following year I was unable to attend but I watched several of the services online because I had