Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:20:07 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/10212/1214474833.jpg http://dailystrength.org/people/10212 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1269766     Sometimes something happens so unexpectedly...and in such a wonderfully heartwarming way,that you can't stop smiling.I was lucky enough to have such an experience recently that I'd like to share.    Without rehashing a very sad time in my life,I will just sa... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:29:26 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1141208 Hi to all of my friends on here. I have been up all night thinking about everything I am and where I have been and what goals I want in my life.I have come so far...really proud of how i have grown as a person but I also feel very"stuck".      I am the first one to... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:37:24 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1141172 In the dark of night and torment of dreams,I am visited by one who seems so real.I breathe in his essence as I hear hishushed words of love and desireHis assurance that he will be thereas my mate forever...come what may.I feel his caress as he gently strokesthe strands of my hair,cascading acrossthe... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:48:22 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1141105 I loved once freely, for I had no fearI was convinced and certain that he'd always be thereBut life is a cruel teacher,and times change a heartand love,once quite beautiful,was thoroughly torn apartI lived such agony,thinking surely this was the endBut after a time of healing,I found a loving fr... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:17:56 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1129863 Hi to anyone interested enough to read this blog.I hope this finds you well.     If you have been keeping up with my writings of last week,you will know that a good friend from high school died in a bad car crash,he was 40.He was such a nice guy,it makes no sense but God...in his... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:31:50 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1114243 Monday dawned bright and sunny.A beautiful day,it was a day to cherish and celebrate all of the beauty that God has created.I was happy,felt that I needed to catch up with some friends and keep in touch.My mind flashed that my adopted dad wasn't well the last time that I saw him,and I needed to ... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:53:54 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1103143      Why is it that your house could be spotless and no one visits but the minute that you are laid out with the flu is the day you get notice that company's coming.     Why is it that you could have old household junk laying around your house,but the minu... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:04:04 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1092706        Today was a strange day for me.I have been getting over the flu and my lungs are feeling"funky"and wheezy,so I have been doing housework a little at a time.I'm not used to NOT having energy,so I have been getting very frustrated.Anyway,after a light... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:03:33 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1091532 First I would like to thank all of my wonderful and supportive friends who were concerned with my health issues lately.As it turns out,I was much more ill than I realized and have been very weak.I had severe cold symptoms and a quick onslaught of fever,body aches and headache.I am not one to go runn... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:40:36 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1082613 Several years ago,after being in an accident and going through a divorce,issues with my children and their emotional responses to the divorce,and a number of health issues...I realized that chronic stress was actually draining my life.    I was stressed about starting over,money,where... Wed, 28 May 2008 01:40:14 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1072279 Today I received an interesting phone call.It was the wife of my ex husband.I have tried to be a constant part of my children's lives,but often they would deliberately not call me to tell me about that school p[lay,softball game or even trip to the emergency room.I had no problem with her,any lo... Fri, 23 May 2008 03:13:29 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1062468 Having a great love of music...(starting right back from the time that I,along with my twin brother,would stand on chairs,singing into hairbrushes...as Sonny and Cher)I have always had a sentimental son for every occasion in my life.  Ironically,when my daughter was born...after complications,t... Mon, 19 May 2008 05:21:37 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1060149 Have you ever been on the right track,feeling really positive and on top of the world...then have the legs yanked right out from under you??  I have flt really good,despite the fact that I was in a car accident in 2002 that left me with a permanent crick in my neck,damage to my vertabrae in thr... Sun, 18 May 2008 00:53:13 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1056128 Well,today was the first big day at my new health club.I envisioned traipsing in there and enthusiastically working up a good laboured work out...only needing to stop long enough to rasp out my need for my asthma inhaler and bottled waterI hadn't thought that the weather was going to be cold,wit... Fri, 16 May 2008 07:32:54 +0100 http://dailystrength.org/people/10212/journal/1055955  Today was a good day.Last week I received a phone call by my health carrier rep.,who informed me that I was entitled to a free health club membership,as part of my coverage.I was sceptical,but I went to the free presentation,where I was shown around the facility and encouraged to give the equi... Fri, 16 May 2008 04:26:39 +0100