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This morning I was re-reading one of Rosalind’s chapters in Women, Work and Autoimmune Disease, “Challenges in the Workplace.” She shared numerous stories and examples to illustrate the complete unpredictability - and impact - of living life and working when you have an autoimmune disease (AD). Reading between the stories, I’d say Rosalind inadvertently illustrated […]
It was another hot marathon day here in Boston this past week. I don’t know about you, but I don’t run anywhere anymore - numb feet /bad balance makes skipping a challenge.
And there was another race in the marathon for President. Wouldn’t it be something if one declared, “I can’t do it anymore. […]
We got mail - an email, in fact. I’m not including everything the writer said and, of course, I’ve kept it anonymous. I share this because I have a hunch that her voice isn’t alone and I think that voice should be heard.
And in the spirit of creating conversation and getting your thoughts. Please – comment […]
My husband and I are fans of the Ebert and Roper TV show. We’ve been watching it since before Roger Ebert’s original partner, Gene Siskel, passed away from a brain tumor (as I recall). Ebert has been off his show for at least a year, and it’s just been announced he’s not coming back - […]
Upon reading Rosalind’s post in her last blog entry for Working with Chronic Illness I was so impressed with her commitment to do what she wanted as often as possible, and to manage all the symptoms of her various body issues. It reminded me of how easy it can be to be stopped by our […]
This morning I was reading another chapter of Think and Grow Rich. I’m working through the chapter about the quality of persistence, and its role in success. I was reminded of how important persistence is to the woman (or man) who must figure out how to get well enough to work, and how to work […]
I’ve enjoyed reading Rosalind’s last 2 posts, and the comments in reply. Clearly, the majority of us with a chronic illness are complete and whole women with many different interests and goals. Chronic illness is never part of any one’s long-term plan but when it comes along, it changes many things, for good and difficult.
I […]
I was sitting in my backyard sun room, enjoying the last remnants of the winter sun shining in, thinking about what to write about in my post that will go out to you on Christmas day. I don’t celebrate Christmas, per se, because I was raised Jewish, which primarily meant “not Christmas.” So I don’t […]
