2018 wasn’t the year I thought it would be. I thought my husband would have a permanent job by now. I thought I had handled my insomnia, my Fibro, was done with surgeries, and wouldn’t have anything new until I was old. Well, oldER. But I was wrong. Have you ever had so many weirdly […]
Read the rest of this entry »At the age when doctors ask odd questions
I can’t believe it’s October 2018 already! Wasn’t it just June…1997? You know you’re getting older when the decades fly by. But seriously, life has changed a whole bunch since I began this blog and since I began writing JoJoisms so many years ago. Now that I’m in my mid..ok, later, 50s, I find my attention […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Light Isn’t Only at the End of the Tunnel
You know that old saying. It’s supposed to make you feel better about the dark times you may go through. There’s light at the end of the tunnel. I don’t like that saying. I don’t like it because it isn’t always helpful. What if my tunnel is long? What if it isn’t just a few […]
Read the rest of this entry »Why You Should Tell Your Story Before It’s Over
I wrote this article some time ago after reading a meme on Facebook. It struck me so important to share how strongly I believe this saying is a detriment to inspiring others with our story already in progress that I spoke out about it. That, in turn, inspired others to believe that they might have […]
Read the rest of this entry »What you wouldn’t know if you hadn’t struggled
There are more ways in heaven and earth, Heratio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy…to skin a cat! If you haven’t had the benefit of struggling with health and financial issues for years, you don’t know what you’re missing! OK, you’re probably happy about that, but really, you’re missing out on some important lessons […]
Read the rest of this entry »Stress isn’t the same as unbelief
This week, I had planned to share how God is leading me out of a very dark place, but something came up that I felt lead to address. When a Christian reveals that she is stressed, some of her Christian friends will try to console her by saying to just have faith-as if belief in God will […]
Read the rest of this entry »The Year of Faith that Never (Always) Was
I’ve said it before: God has a sense of humor. Sometimes He gives you EXACTLY what you pray for, but it’s not exactly HOW you envisioned it when you prayed. It all started in late 2013, after much prayer, when I declared that 2014 would be The Year of Faith over at Art of Eloquence, my business […]
Read the rest of this entry »What to Remember About Struggles
November is the month of Thanksgiving, but those of us who struggle with chronic illness or other chronic issues often find it difficult to feel thankful for what we have. I understand this as one who has struggled with chronic issues for over 35yrs, but I also know we do have things to be thankful […]
Read the rest of this entry »JoJo’s Journey: 35 Years with Chronic Illness
Sorry I haven’t posted in several weeks, but a lightning strike took out 15 electrical items in our new home last month and one of them was my computer. It took me a few weeks to figure out that I could record a YouTube video from my iPhone and another to figure out how to […]
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