Have you ever thought about your life and wondered "what if...?"
Not that we could ever really change any of our past...
And so many will tell us that we learn important lessons in all that we experience - good or bad, success or failure, right or wrong.
There are many "points" in my past where I sometimes revisit what happened and play that 'what if' game. Such times usually come about when my energy is low, my pain is high, and I'm unable to actually do what I would like to be doing. I fight daily to do things I've never been able to do before. I fight against my past. I fight against my present. I keep on fighting for my future! I fight against fibromyalgia, against myofascial pain syndrome, against chronic fatigue syndrome, against osteoarthritis, against chronic kidney disease - a nephrotic syndrome called minimal change disorder, and against a mysterious issue of multiple lesions in my brain of unknown etiology. I fight about multiple allergens: peanuts, wheat, rye, barley, dairy, corn, soy, walnuts, shellfish, contrast dyes, tetracyclines, alcohol, and more. I never know when the next new allergy is going to show itself! I'm more cautious now than I used to be.
I strive for a safer life: avoiding harsh chemicals, avoiding gluten in everything, avoiding GMOs, artificial foods & food additives, avoiding toxins and toxic people, avoiding all those things that have in some way been identified as dangerous to my own personal well-being. It's hard to maintain diligence and not just quit - give up - stop trying to make my life better!
But what would be the alternative? If I don't fight to make and keep my world safe then nothing else is worthwhile - nothing!
Showing posts with label lessons learned. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lessons learned. Show all posts
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Sunday, October 20, 2013
BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME...
After more than two years I am returning to BLOGGER!
Today, Sunday, October 20, 2013 I am beginning a new plan. All I can really say about it is that it takes just TEN MINUTES A DAY!
My plan involves being consistent with this 10-minutes every single day for 365 days.
My hope is that I will also stop in here and write something about it each day.
But enough of that... 2 years is a long, long time in the life of a blogger. There's not room enough, nor time enough to fill you in on everything that's happened in the last 2 years. It wasn't what I wanted (most). It wasn't what I planned (at all). It was exciting (lots of times). It was full of life-changing events (quite often). It is now in the past (thank goodness)!!!
Sometimes, many times, we can learn from our past. Yes, I did learn a few things. Will I share my new-found knowledge with you, dear readers? Only time will tell. ;-)
Since I'm more or less starting over and I expect new readers to stop by I will share a little of myself in this post. The biggest part of my life is taken up being a MOM... of six grown children now ranging in age from almost 22 years old up to 31 years old. Five girls, one boy; none married yet, no grandkids yet, 2 seem to have possibly found their "one true love" and 4 are or have been to college. Not bad for a mom who's done it solo almost all of their lives (but that's for another time to tell). :)
Today, Sunday, October 20, 2013 I am beginning a new plan. All I can really say about it is that it takes just TEN MINUTES A DAY!
My plan involves being consistent with this 10-minutes every single day for 365 days.
My hope is that I will also stop in here and write something about it each day.
But enough of that... 2 years is a long, long time in the life of a blogger. There's not room enough, nor time enough to fill you in on everything that's happened in the last 2 years. It wasn't what I wanted (most). It wasn't what I planned (at all). It was exciting (lots of times). It was full of life-changing events (quite often). It is now in the past (thank goodness)!!!
For now, so long, see you tomorrow!
andee365
Saturday, October 23, 2010
004 ~ Life Lesson #1
Four days into this 365 blog and already I've "missed" a day! :(
One thing that's constant in my life is that there is always so much to do! Years ago someone actually took note of all I did in a typical day and all I needed to do and then tallied up how long it usually takes for such tasks. The results? All that I do - if I didn't multi-task or rush through it - would take me some 36 hours, and that did not include any sleep! (just to give you an idea of how busy I am)
Even now, my life stays just as busy, only in different ways.
These days I'm challenged by many "disabilities" that make some tasks take longer, make some need to be delegated more, and make for many unique solutions. But this week I'm even more challenged by illness. :( I got sick (like a semi-truck hit me - and I could tell you the exact moment, but my phone had died a short time before so I can't say the exact time) :-p on Monday, over a week ago. At first it was like just a bad cold or something, but on Friday (a week from yesterday) instead of continuing to improve as I was, I suddenly got worse. That night fevers went up and down, as high as 105, and I was seriously contemplating heading to the ER, but waited. Come Monday I was really, really sick - but I still had so many important things to do. I finally went into my doctor's office on Tuesday morning. I left with 3 new prescriptions to treat a sinus infection, an ear infection, and pneumonia! That afternoon the doc calls me to say that after reading the x-ray the radiologist, and her, are concerned this level/type of pneumonia usually require a stay in the hospital to recover. That will just not do for me - a stay in the hospital right now would make it so much harder for me to do all I need to do!
Today's photo is to remind me why I should take care of me first:
Apologies for the glares and the slight bend in the image.
This takes me back to when I was first learning that lesson!
Newborn triplets will take a lot out of you... but if you put nothing back (by caring for yourself) you'll soon not be able to care for them either!
They are 'grown' (over 18) now but as stated above my life is still crazy busy and all things considered I think I need to really remember this lesson now!
One thing that's constant in my life is that there is always so much to do! Years ago someone actually took note of all I did in a typical day and all I needed to do and then tallied up how long it usually takes for such tasks. The results? All that I do - if I didn't multi-task or rush through it - would take me some 36 hours, and that did not include any sleep! (just to give you an idea of how busy I am)
Even now, my life stays just as busy, only in different ways.
These days I'm challenged by many "disabilities" that make some tasks take longer, make some need to be delegated more, and make for many unique solutions. But this week I'm even more challenged by illness. :( I got sick (like a semi-truck hit me - and I could tell you the exact moment, but my phone had died a short time before so I can't say the exact time) :-p on Monday, over a week ago. At first it was like just a bad cold or something, but on Friday (a week from yesterday) instead of continuing to improve as I was, I suddenly got worse. That night fevers went up and down, as high as 105, and I was seriously contemplating heading to the ER, but waited. Come Monday I was really, really sick - but I still had so many important things to do. I finally went into my doctor's office on Tuesday morning. I left with 3 new prescriptions to treat a sinus infection, an ear infection, and pneumonia! That afternoon the doc calls me to say that after reading the x-ray the radiologist, and her, are concerned this level/type of pneumonia usually require a stay in the hospital to recover. That will just not do for me - a stay in the hospital right now would make it so much harder for me to do all I need to do!
Today's photo is to remind me why I should take care of me first:
Apologies for the glares and the slight bend in the image.
This takes me back to when I was first learning that lesson!
Newborn triplets will take a lot out of you... but if you put nothing back (by caring for yourself) you'll soon not be able to care for them either!
They are 'grown' (over 18) now but as stated above my life is still crazy busy and all things considered I think I need to really remember this lesson now!
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