Travel with Chronic Illness: Learning Gratitude š & Perspective
How I managed expectations, symptoms, and anxiety while traveling internationally with chronic migraine.
Learning How to Live with Chronic Migraines
During the past four years, I’ve learned many lessons in how to live with chronic migraines. I delve into the most important, most freeing, lesson.
How to Embrace the Good Days with Chronic Migraine
Good days with Chronic Migraine do not mean pain-free days. Even so, the good days are vital for fostering a sense of peace, strength, & personal identity.
Running on Empty with Chronic Pain in the Passenger Seat
I am figuratively and literally running on empty with chronic pain. How I rely on my support system to help when life piles up.
Weathering the Storm in a Mammoth Winter of Migraines and Snow
This winter was an epic winter of snow – and an epic winter of migraines. How I resisted the urge to hibernate and found adventure and joy despite Migraine.
Life Without Books: Mourning My Migraine Sacrifice
Not all of the friends lost because of chronic illness are made of flesh The backs of shampoo bottles. Street signs and shop names. Catalogs and junk mail. Words swirl in my mind all day…
I See You: A Letter to the Chronically Ill
To the woman with a migraine serving me coffee: I see you. I see how you are trying not to squint beneathĀ the fluorescent light. I see how hollow your smile is. Despite your best efforts,…
One Less Wild Woman
One Less Wild Place Wild places to walk, sweat, explore, and breathe in are precious. Growing up in the suburbs, wild places that were near to meĀ were made even more precious by their rarity. I…
A Fresh Start
Just before sunset I putĀ on my neglected running shoes and went for a walk. As the sun set over the wetlands, my mom and I watched the dabbling ducksĀ dive for the last meal of the…
Chronic Illness and Living Vicariously Through Books
I have had a migraine for the past THIRTY SIX days. Surprisingly, I have not yet gone insane. I have been more or less glued to my ultra cozy bed in my dark room. Trying…