Product Review: Hot Off The Press Card Making Supplies

I have been stuck in the house with nothing to do while my body recuperates from being in the hospital. Friends had suggested I take up a hobby or a craft to pass the time and to feel a sense of accomplishment. I was not really in the mood to do anything "cheery," so when I first thought of scrapboo

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Product Review: spa products from shoshinaturals.com

There are so many ways that you can start your day off on the right foot, with just a bit more indulgence and ritual. Taking the time to pamper yourself even for 5 minutes can begin your day with an invigorating start and if you don't take time for yourself, who will? Little things can go along way,

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Product Review: Unique Flowers from CaliforniaOrganicFlowers.com

What perfect timing! My daughter Christine has been in the hospital for the last week, in a pretty bland, sterile and depressing room. On a day when she was feeling a little down, a beautiful and vibrant bouquet arrived from CaliforniaOrganicFlowers.com. The fabulous bouquet consisted of various

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Not So Invisible Anymore?

My daughter Christine has, what is sometimes called, an invisible disease. Though she looks teriffic most of the time, she has suffered, for over a dozen years, with the debilitating and painful symptoms of Lupus. It's become an inside family joke when people commented almost incredulously- "but yo

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3 Steps to Maintaining Friendships through the Chaos of your Illness

I was sixteen when I was first diagnosed with Systemic Lupus. At that age, most teenagers are at the height of self-expression and feelings of invisibleness. Making friends and sharing who you are with your friends is one of the most cherished parts of youthfulness. But when you are teenager with a

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2006 Top 10 Get Well Gift Ideas from ButYouDontLookSick.com

After being hospitalized twice in 2 months for a week long visit each, I have received some great and unique "Get Well" gifts. In between those months, I was mostly homebound by my illness, and when people would come over I was blessed enough to have people bring me the most ingenious things to chee

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Redefining The “Bad Month”

A good friend of mine just asked in an email whether, for those of us fighting chronic diseases, "Is there EVER a good month?" Boy did that make me think... IS there? Doing a fast rewind of my last 6 months I realized that I have been postponing lots of things, cancelling activities, failing to k

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