“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

Resurrection: Literal or Metaphorical (or both)?

I recently saw a tweet asking Christians if or how their lives/faith would change if the resurrection of Jesus could be definitively proven as false. Reading through the responses was interesting as it presented many different people’s perspectives and experiences and why they chose to see resurrection as literal or metaphorical (or some of both).

When Rest Is Elusive

I have been exhausted lately. It’s not like it’s unexpected or unusual for me. Fatigue has often been a part of my life since I became chronically ill as a 7th grader. Some days I’m more tired than others, but it’s always there, as with my other chronic illnesses/chronic illness symptoms. I don’t always have

Unmet Expectations and Disability Acceptance

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of posts online asking something along the lines of “What would you tell your younger self?” I’ve had some trouble answering this. But on Tuesday night this week, after a bad pain flare subsided, I thought of an answer and I wrote a short Twitter thread about it. Here

An Honest Prayer

As I’ve mentioned before in blogs, I’m chronically ill. While I have a number of both mental and physical illnesses, the main issue throughout the years has been chronic migraines. I am currently on a relatively new and generally effective treatment; however, during the month of August, I have been having much more headaches and

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

Migraine Awareness Month 2019: Week 1

In addition to having national holidays like Cheese Day (4th) and Doughnut Day (7th), and being recognized as Pride Month for the LGBTQ+ community, June is also Migraine Awareness Month. For this month I am planning to post articles related to the topic of migraines. For this first week I’m sharing a couple articles that

What It’s Like As A Chronically Ill Person When Your Pet Gets A Chronic Illness

In August of 2019, I will have been a cat owner for 13 years. In September, I will have been chronically ill for 9 years. Over the past year or so, I’ve unfortunately witnessed one of my cats develop a chronic illness. Through many vet appointments and various treatments, it’s still undetermined what specifically he

Low on Spoons

Two weeks ago I posted an article about the Spoon Theory. This week, and today especially, I’m feeling pretty low on spoons. Emgality isn’t helping my migraines, which has made this semester extra tiring. It’s been a long and painful few months. I don’t have much to say today, other than I just felt like

The Life of a Spoonie

First off, if you don’t know what it means to be a “spoonie” or about the spoon theory in general – read this article to understand the concept: http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/ Second, this theory can apply to any chronic physical or mental illness. Most people have multiple chronic illnesses rather than just one; being able to refer