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a little help from my friends
September 27th, 2007 by Christine
I appreciate how the people in my life really make an effort to reach out to me when I am unhappy. Aside from emails, phone calls, and time spent with XYZ, I’ve managed to pick up some golden nuggets of biblical wisdom from various people. Here are some things I was reminded of:
1. Mary experienced [...]
why?
September 25th, 2007 by Christine
To keep me from becoming conceited from these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made [...]
rituximab and general malaise
September 23rd, 2007 by Christine
Blame it on th time of the month. I’ve been a crank pisser lately. My TOM has been accompanied by much negative vibe lately: moodiness, hyper-sensitivity, headaches, lethargy, blah-ness. Just general malaise. And to top all this off, the back of my right eye is starting to hurt!
On another more positive note, I got a [...]
the year of magical thinking :: joan didion
September 19th, 2007 by Christine
The author Joan Didion wrote about a trying year after her daughter lands in the hospital and her husband dies of a heart attack. She calls it the year of magical thinking. The story she tells is honest, not melodramatic, and having experienced loss and grief, I could identify with some of her emotions and [...]
my tmj is sol
September 18th, 2007 by Christine
For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been waking up most days with a horrible headache. It’s not the normal kind I get. This is a much worse kind: pounding and painful beyond what any 2 Advils can heal. It starts at the base of my head on the right side of my [...]