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Continue reading →: Tomato Time: AKA Pre-SalsaWell, after 3 days on the road we arrived to a garden full of ripe tomatoes. Today is going to be a day full of cleaning and canning tomatoes. By the way, these canned tomatoes make the very best salsa. Just add jalapenos, onions, and lime and blend and enjoy.…
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Continue reading →: Utah, here’s to you!Gosh, what a time it’s been Utah. I came out to BYU in 2005 with big dreams. I dreamed of building friendships, romance, a career, a life. My “life got flipped turned upside down” in my sophomore year with a Lupus diagnosis, followed by a number of other diagnoses that…
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Continue reading →: Some “Light” ReadingMy review of a beautiful book on the writings of two men that helped shaped literature in the 20th century.
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Continue reading →: Woman, Why Weepest Thou?
As many of my friends and family know, the past few months, I have had a hard time making it through an entire church meeting without weeping. Last night, I was listening to a podcast on Come Follow Me as I was falling asleep, and this line hit me. Hard.…
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Continue reading →: Tools to A Healthier LifeI have talked a bit about things you can do to create an easier life with chronic conditions, but I haven’t really given you the tools I have used to do it. Here is a list of some of the tools that I not only love, but have given me…
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Continue reading →: Why Taking walks and Being Outside is good for Lupus and “your stupid Mental Health”Did you know that 80-90% of Lupus Patients suffer with mental health? I didn’t either. I have tried over the years to get as many answers as I can on how Lupus, and my particular Lupus diagnosis affect my body. However, even after working to understand this for 15 years,…
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Continue reading →: Bites for Big Energy without Big CrashesChronic conditions are exhausting, physically and mentally. To help myself, I have been trying new things to start off my day. I have made a number of different energy ball recipes. They have given me a little burst of energy that can’t be replaced with pure sugar or caffeine. So…
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Continue reading →: Adventure Small – Dream BigDoes your chronic condition cause you pain or keep you from spending your days outside in the sun? Do you at times feel you are drowning in constant bills, hospital or doctor visits? If this is you, I can imagine its hard to see people on social media having these…
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Continue reading →: Are you Lazy or Suffering?It’s okay to not be okay. How to determine if someone you love needs help and how to get it.







