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I'll admit it, I'm swamped for time and that's why my BlogHer entry today is a surf through the BlogHer Health & Wellness blogroll. The only problem with this is the fact that when I went surfing through the blogroll, I found myself wandering around the blogs for far longer than I'd originally planned. This group of new to the blogroll blogs is just that good.
First, a new to me gluten free blog called Free From. You guessed it, free from gluten. Surviving a school Christmas dinner is an example of why I enjoyed the blog. Lots of gluten-free info with a dash of reality thrown in. Red trays are important.
You may remember that a couple of weeks ago my coeliac daughter was desperate to have Christmas dinner at school with her peers …
Well, its been and gone, and she seems to have survived it with no ill-effects. She declined the stuffing and the gravy, which I knew would not be OK - and didn’t like the sprouts! Luckily, school had cooked the turkey and the stuffing in separate roasting tins, so there was no risk of cross-contamination.
For those who remember the real reason she wanted to have Christmas Dinner - the tray was red.
Denise at Do you have that in my size talks about pulling out the holiday decorations for the first time in 10 years...
Those boxes sat there for ten long years. For the first few years, it was all that I could do to get dressed on Christmas. Depression over the holidays was the norm. My parents usually invited me up to their house and we'd do dinner and presents and I'd feel that sense of family again, even if just for a day. I've dated a couple of guys over Christmases since, but no one that I felt a sense of "family" and "forever" with. Oh, I thought at the time that they could be special, but - looking back - I never committed myself fully to either of them (although I accepted engagement rings from both - is it any wonder I'm so messed up?)
This Christmas is different. Gloria describes the process of moving the blocked energy within as if you had broken a bone (pain), had it set with a cast and immobilized, and then, once the cast is gone and you have to start using it again, you're terrified because it's going to hurt and the muscles haven't been used in so long that you're not sure what they're capable of anymore. And that's where I find myself this Christmas...trying to remember how to love someone unconditionally and with my whole heart again. Because this one is so very worthy and, even though I know my timing sucks, I want to build a life together forever with him. With a tree, my decorations, our four cats, our wonderful families, and the man that I love.
Have you seen Miss Misery at Bumpy Bones? A 17 year old girl with MHE (Multiple Hereditary Exotosis) shares what it's like to be a teenager, a blogger, and a person with a chronic health condition.
Yesterday, I went to the mall. I had some last minute Christmas shopping to do. After spending not even 3 hours wondering around with my friends shopping for the people on my list, my legs were killing me. It hurt so much to take each step, and my legs felt as if they both seperately weighed over a hundred pounds each.
There you go, three very different and very interesting blogs from the health & wellness blogroll to end 2006 and carry us into 2007.
~~Denise
Daily Dose of Denise and Fast Times @ Homeschool High
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