Now here is a recipe I can respect! Medicine in a bowl. Thank you Alex. Always the resource of wonderful remedies.
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Anti-Inflammatory Dessert Recipe to Astound Your Friends!
Caroline Craven - Certified Life Coach, MS Advocate, Motivational Speaker, Writer & Patient Expert living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Town on Fire
One of my favorite photos. The city of Banos, Ecuador. The lights to the right represent the new evacuation route as this is volcano country. Taken from the lodge at Luna Runtun. Loved that place!
Flying Tortilla
Mobula Ray, Galapagos Island
To remind me about the importance of patience. Each of my photographs, every image, a result of an inner peace found when one reaches the zone. But with multiple sclerosis sometimes it's difficult to be in the zone physically and mentally due to a variety of symptoms the disease brings about.
Wildlife photography provides a zone for me. A simple walk around the block, in just the right light, will sometimes yield the smallest of miracles. Like this Mobula Ray taken from the National Geographic/Lindblad tour. This was a real catch.
To remind me about the importance of patience. Each of my photographs, every image, a result of an inner peace found when one reaches the zone. But with multiple sclerosis sometimes it's difficult to be in the zone physically and mentally due to a variety of symptoms the disease brings about.
Wildlife photography provides a zone for me. A simple walk around the block, in just the right light, will sometimes yield the smallest of miracles. Like this Mobula Ray taken from the National Geographic/Lindblad tour. This was a real catch.
Colors of life
Taken by the Green River in Ecuador on travels from Banos to Amazon. The sun was out. A brief rain had fallen. Butterflies were out dancing - not to be forgotten!
Periander Metalmark [Rhetus periander]
Times like this where I am thankful that I can focus on a butterfly and ignore the debilitating disease is multiple sclerosis. Wildlife works for me. Nature. Photography. Especially because there is image stabilization. Necessary with my shaky hands.
But now, the fingers begin to fail. No more typing. No more doing much of anything. Time to rest and take a read or something. Probably all the chocolate I've been consuming lately. Nah. It's never the chocolate!
Forward ho...ho...ho...
Periander Metalmark [Rhetus periander]
Times like this where I am thankful that I can focus on a butterfly and ignore the debilitating disease is multiple sclerosis. Wildlife works for me. Nature. Photography. Especially because there is image stabilization. Necessary with my shaky hands.
But now, the fingers begin to fail. No more typing. No more doing much of anything. Time to rest and take a read or something. Probably all the chocolate I've been consuming lately. Nah. It's never the chocolate!
Forward ho...ho...ho...
7:52PM Bedtime?
So the toddlers are gone. The house is instantly quiet at 7:52PM. Should I cede to bed as well? go out to celebrations around town regarding school board elections? stay home and get caught up on friends and family? Yeah. The last one. Friends and family. Always a priority. With Multiple Sclerosis one must define priorities. Bummer at times but helps in the long time.
January will mark the year 2010. I remember Y2K at Mt. Bachelor. Dogs. Snowboards. Skis. Sofa surfers. It was all good. Now. Ten years later and it's all good. Just different. The sofa surfers are 4 year old toddlers and the skis haven't seen this side of snow since Sundance a few years back.
I am content catching up on personal items. A much needed project after this month of illness, children and life. None of which I would trade in for anything on this planet.
So tired. Eyes heavy. More later. Sleep well. Take care, be safe, eat healthy.
January will mark the year 2010. I remember Y2K at Mt. Bachelor. Dogs. Snowboards. Skis. Sofa surfers. It was all good. Now. Ten years later and it's all good. Just different. The sofa surfers are 4 year old toddlers and the skis haven't seen this side of snow since Sundance a few years back.
I am content catching up on personal items. A much needed project after this month of illness, children and life. None of which I would trade in for anything on this planet.
So tired. Eyes heavy. More later. Sleep well. Take care, be safe, eat healthy.
Stop and smell the roses
A priority with MS - stop and observe the roses, it's critical.
I had not realized how run down my body had become after this summer. I had a flu shot which has never happened. Maybe it was good. Maybe not. But after several colds and my first dose of antibiotics in over ten years, my body needed time to rest and rebuild. Multiple sclerosis will steal your body of vitality. It is our responsibility to manage our energy as we would the fuel in our automobile. And at the price per gallon for oil that means quite judiciously we will act!
Stop. Smell the roses. Bless your family and friends. Bless yourself. Tomorrow is another day. Thankfully.
I had not realized how run down my body had become after this summer. I had a flu shot which has never happened. Maybe it was good. Maybe not. But after several colds and my first dose of antibiotics in over ten years, my body needed time to rest and rebuild. Multiple sclerosis will steal your body of vitality. It is our responsibility to manage our energy as we would the fuel in our automobile. And at the price per gallon for oil that means quite judiciously we will act!
Stop. Smell the roses. Bless your family and friends. Bless yourself. Tomorrow is another day. Thankfully.
Me Time
Me time - a critical part of life whether one has MS or not. But today, Monday, is Me day. No meetings. No errands. Time to relax and rebuild. Some work, catching up on paperwork, admin type stuff. A production meeting with Self which I do while walking Ellie Hound. I have several fun projects in the works right now. Helping some friends out with some marketing work. Printing photography - Oh, that might be an errand. I'm out of toner, again. Time to feed the monster again.
But it's also time to take care of me: laundry, exercise, meditation, education, reading, friends, family, nature, life. And that is my priority today. So - Off to enjoy.
I did have some beautiful early morning time with Isabel Allende and her Ines of My Soul. What beauty in storytelling. Between Isabel's words and the Seattles Best coffee in the french press, it has been splendid already.
But it's also time to take care of me: laundry, exercise, meditation, education, reading, friends, family, nature, life. And that is my priority today. So - Off to enjoy.
I did have some beautiful early morning time with Isabel Allende and her Ines of My Soul. What beauty in storytelling. Between Isabel's words and the Seattles Best coffee in the french press, it has been splendid already.
ShenTrition
Many of my friends have been asking about ShenTrition and how it's been helping me survive MS for the past two years. And we're talking surviving beyond belief. I'm actually riding horses again - exercising in the heat and taking care of myself a little better each day. So what I tell folks is to go to http://shentrition.com/ and read what Stephen and Erica have written about stressors. This is HUGE for MSer's. HUGE. Just read, absorb, and let's chat about this.
I'm off to make some ShenTrition right now...peace
I'm off to make some ShenTrition right now...peace
sister you've got it all
sister you've got it all -
...you've got it all...
There are no damaged goods with MS. Its all about the attitude. Sure we have our weaknesses and faults but who doesn't, especially after some forty years of enjoying the heck out of life.
I surely don't miss the corporate world. Even the business world. It's a stressor for me. I used to love it. Capitalism. I would eat it up. But these days, post MS, I could care less. I just want to live each day.
of course - its Townes van Zandt...
It's Townes van Zandt. Interrupting my thinking.
Of course it is. Be here to love me.
And where is he? That man who said he would be here in the morning. How many times have I heard that crap. Seriously.
I do wonder if folks see me as damaged goods. I have a lot of weaknesses. My inability to drive in traffic and highways for one. My need for naps and rest. Having to continuously survive this disease by taking care of my Self - every day, creating a feeling of self-centeredness.
MS does effect your life - more than most believe. We can go around on many Western medicines and ignore the symptoms. But the symptoms are telling us something. They are indicators to change your way of living. I don't think that I consider myself damaged goods but I must in some ways because it's a recurring theme in my Self dicussions. More on this later.
L8R G8R
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