Bouncing Backpacks

April 22, 2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

Day 22 Health Activists Writers Month Challenge – Day to Day > Write about something ordinary that’s inspiring to you, something simple, perhaps overlooked, that fuels your activism. Prompt suggested by Abigail. Thanks Abby for a great prompt today. This is a neat topic today. I like it because I am most often inspired by […]

Burnout

April 22, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

Day 20 Health Activist Writers Month Challenge > Write about burnout. What does it feel like? What are your burnout triggers? What gets you OUT of the pit of despair when nothing is going your way? So this is what I sometimes feel about diabetes. Thank you Kerri for sharing this – I totally stole […]

The Land Before Diabetes

April 18, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today is Day 19 of the Health Activist Writers Month Challenge Today’s challenge: Vintage – Post a vintage photo of yourself, with a caption about the photo and where you were in terms of your health condition. I don’t have any vintage photos handy of me as a child. If I did I would caption […]

No Use Crying Over Spilled Coffee

April 16, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Today is Day 9 of the Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Today’s Challenge: As a parent with health conditions or a parent to a child(ren) with health conditions, what do you hope you’re doing right? I am having a difficult time with this one today. Many other days I would bust out a list about […]

A Monster Under The Bed

April 8, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is Day 8 of the Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Today’s Challenge: If your health condition (or the health condition of a loved one) was an animal, what would it be? Is it a real animal or make-believe? Ok it was me. I admit it. I suggested this post to HAWMC. Sometime back in […]