Wow! I can’t believe it’s been almost nine months
since my last post. I have been on the rollercoaster of life and I am totally
ready to get off.
When I took a break, I took it because I was “living”
my illness, instead of just trying to “live” with it. I was just so absorbed in
everything that was wrong, that I wasn’t even noticing the things that were
right. I mean seriously, folding a load of laundry, in the eyes of a healthy
person isn’t a big deal, but in the life of the chronically ill, it’s akin to
headline news!
It’s taken me a while, a long while (I’m going on
6 years of being ill) and I still find that I continue to work on discovering my “new
normal.” I still have bad days, but I try to focus more on the good days.
Sometimes it works, sometimes…not so much.
I’m also now dealing with Big Handsome having a
Chronic Illness as well. I guess he didn’t get the memo about the whole “One
Chronic Illness per Household,” but that is for a totally separate post.
Over the last nine months (aside from taking care
of BH), I’ve tried several hobbies to get my mind off my illness and onto my
creativity. Instead of searching the internet and/or FB for illness related
sites and groups, I began to search for creative outlets. I discovered and
joined many groups to try to tap into my creative juices.
I discovered:
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Art Journaling
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Painting
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Watercolor
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ICADs (Index Card a Day)
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Junk Journals
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Book Binding
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Altered Books
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List Journaling
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Collage
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Fauxbonichi (Fake-Hobonichi)
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Traveler’s Notebooks
Here are some examples:
I
sincerely hope to be blogging on a regular basis soon. A lot has been going on
around here, some good, some bad, but I always try to remember that although I
might feel helpless at times, I shall never be hopeless!
