One of the hardest things for me is balance. No, I don't mean walking a beam like some Olympic gymnast. I mean the kind of balance every woman struggles with–work, home, family, friends, and self. There are things we HAVE to do, like make sure the kitchen is clean enough to not turn our children into radioactive mutants, and things we WANT to do, like crack open a good book in a bubble bath without the audience of our toddler suggesting toys and asking about our anatomy. Somewhere in between the have-to's and the want-to's is the fact that chronic illness means there's just simply less of us to go around. So what do we do? How do we do enough of the have-to's to keep up with life and still have time and energy for enough want-to's to maintain our sanity and well-being? Oh, wait, you were expecting an answer, right? I wish I had it all figured out. But I do have some ideas that have brought me some peace in this balancing act. I'm not hiding anything, though. I lose my balance and … [Read more...]
