Lyme Life ~ Happy Monday

It can be hard to say, “Happy Monday” or any other Happy Day with Lyme, at least when it the most intense. Happy Monday! There have been lots of Mondays that I would only hope to have been able to say that. I am getting...

Lyme Life Monday~This One Body

We have one body. We live one life in it. Sure, there are replacement parts, but for the foreseeable future, we have life in one body. For those of us battling Lyme Disease, our bodies are not easy to manage. One Body We are eternal...

Lyme Life ~ You Can Never Go Back

If you had children in the 80’s, you probably remember the line from All Dogs go to Heaven, “You can never go back.” Life Changes With all the losses and disappointments that come when you lose to Lyme Disease, is it any wonder that the...

Lyme Life ~ Camp

It’s Wilderness Camp Week! For those of us who have been involved in Wilderness Camp, it is an exciting time; culminating years of preparation for some and months for others. Wilderness Camp is a teen-run, week-long, day-camp with adult helpers on site. The teens create...

Lyme Life Monday ~The Dash

Our pastor asked an important question this week. What are you going to do with your dash? The dash, the line that separates the date we were born from the date we die. Having been so sick for so long, I always found a way...

Lyme Life ~ Looking Good!

How often do we hear, “You’re looking good!” when we feel like death warmed over? I just spent five days on the road, to speak at a conference. Most people don’t know that I’ve been ill, but of those who do, I hear, “How are...

Lyme Life Monday ~ Moms

Many of the moms I know are high energy and high functioning. Even in families wherein the children go to school, they seem to be able to attend all of the extracurricular activities and special events, maintain the home and have a social life. Many...

Lyme Life Monday ~Pain

Pain is part of life. No one is immune. No one can fully escape the reality of dealing with pain at one time or another. This Lyme Life Monday -Pain post might help dealing with the pain of Lyme. For Lymies, pain is a very...

Lyme Life Monday ~Kaleidoscope Eyes

The latest disturbing symptom of Lyme for me is what I call “kaleidoscope eyes.” A portion of my field of vision becomes distorted and the image is superimposed over the rest of whatever it is I see. Just imagine looking through a child’s toy or...

Lyme Life Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend is very calm at our house. My husband and I went to church yesterday. They played a song in which the lyrics said, “I dance for my Father. My Father sings over me.” That actually stung a little. My natural father was...