Life with assorted ailments
I first found Jennifer because we were in the same Facebook group and she posted an incredible painting called “The Scream” (below). It really sums up the experience of being a Lyme patient. Here is her story and some of her amazing awareness art. Continue reading “Spoonie Guest Artist: Jennifer Bialk Scott”
As I mentioned, this is going to be a really long series, because we spoonies deserve a LOT of medals. 😁 Continue reading “The Spoonie Awards (Because We All Deserve a Medal), Part Two”
Do you ever feel that everyone who has a chronic invisible illness like Lyme, ME, fibromyalgia, or MCS deserves an award for everything we deal with? Me too! Continue reading “The Spoonie Awards (Because We All Deserve a Medal): Part One”
Welcome to my second Spoonie Guest Artist post. I started following Nicole on Instagram because I fell in love with her gloriously sarcastic and painfully funny collage art. Her work is one of the reasons I started this series. Continue reading “Spoonie Guest Artist: Nicole a.k.a. @artful_agony”
Hello Spoonies and Happy Valentine’s Day… Continue reading “Valentines for Spoonies: Part Two”
For those of you who have to see your more insensitive/clueless family members during the holidays, I created this new-and-improved family unit consisting of only people who say the right things… Continue reading “Spoonie Rent-A-Family (TM) for the Holidays”
Hi Spoonies,
For a long time, I’ve been noticing that there are many outlets for writers with chronic illness but comparatively few for artists with chronic illness. I decided to create these “Spoonie Guest Artist” posts, featuring some of the super-talented visual and multimedia artists I’ve met since I started blogging. I found Alexandra on Instagram (she’s @yourachingart_m.e). I immediately started following her because her work is creative, relatable, funny, lovely, and comforting. She’s also an excellent writer; I admit I teared up reading parts of this. Check out her story and artwork. Continue reading “Spoonie Guest Artist: Alexandra Baker (@yourachingart_m.e)”
Hello Spoonies,
This is my first published article ever! (I am still in shock.) Continue reading “How Acupuncture Helps My Depression (written for ProHealth.com)”
Hello Spoonies and “Happy” Awareness Month,
By now you’ve seen all sorts of series entitled “Shit (Random Group of People) Say.” Continue reading “Shit Lymies Don’t Say”
Hello Spoonies,
Well, it’s Lyme, MCS, Fibromyalgia, ME, and A Bunch of Other Diseases Awareness Month again. Continue reading “Lyme Disease Challenge Comic, a Lyme Meme, and Lyme Cartoon Awareness Videos”
Hi spoonies! The fog is back! Continue reading “Fifty Shades of Brain Fog, Part Four”
Hi Spoonies!
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Continue reading “Valentines for Spoonies”
