by johannasr2 | Jan 9, 2025 | Change, Clarity, Communication, Fibromyalgia, My Illness
I saw the ad somewhere and quickly wrote down the information. Horse Back Riding and a phone number. It took a month for me to start texting and asking questions about the owner’s format. I wanted to know all about them and how they offered rides to people. It’s...
by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, Parenting Adults, Psychology
The overall secret sauce to great holidays is planning. I want to say that there are some things that you can do and I am sure that there are. I also want to say that part of coping with the holidays is to understand that you will be very tired when it’s over....
by johannasr2 | Jul 31, 2024 | Change, Family, Feelings, Love, Parenting, Relationships
That is the question for young people today. I’m asking to comment on this question, as it is one that has occurred in my home many times. The very first thing I want to mention is this, there is no greater love and no greater commitment than that of a parent to a...
by johannasr2 | Jun 21, 2024 | Change, Fibromyalgia, Health Care, My Illness
To the Emergency Department Management Team: I want you to know that I came to the Emergency Department because I desperately need a diagnosis to explain my extreme fatigue. I have fibromyalgia and I am experienced with exhaustion, how it happens and how to prevent...
by johannasr2 | May 29, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, My Illness, Psychology
I learned to grieve early. But not about me. I learned to grieve about relationships, losing them. And the worst, losing people I loved. Sometimes, as difficult, was losing people I hated. I quickly lost people that I had spent lifetimes with. We all changed; we went...
by johannasr2 | Dec 31, 2020 | Change, Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults, Relationships
Johanna, who is my daughter, is the antithesis of me. I have always been the typical clean freak, always. I am also very organized. I needed to be, I was raising a lot of kids. All of those kids had appointments: school, braces, counseling, sports and then us as a...
