Good Weds morning, almost afternoon. I know I’ve been a sporadic blogger over this past year and for my personal goal, that’s not what I anticipated. But today, being the last day of 2025(wow, where did the year go😮😳), I’m trying to prepare for a better writing/blogging year. That’s part of my New Year’s resolutions if you will.

As far as my endings-well, this is part of it. The end of my sporadic writing. I don’t want to overwhelm myself-but I’m sure it’s going to happen sometimes. We shall see🤔🤔🙏🏽.

I’m also praying that we (drs and myself) figure out exactly why my INR is so fluctuating 🤔🤔 Anybody else have that problem? I can’t imagine it’s just food/diet and losing weight. If anybody has any ideas, ya let me know.

To end the year on what I’ve been doing lately-books wise, I’ve been reading my daily devotions and today’s was from this devotional-

A 365-day devotional offering comfort, inspiration, and connection with God’s presence. You don’t want to miss it! https://a.co/d/dRpbuUu

That’s one of my new beginnings for 2026. From the same Jesus calling book. I’ll be reading from two devotionals consistentlyin 2026- my Jesus calling and Dutch Sheets’ Give him 15, an appeal to heaven, starting with volume I. As far as give him 15, I’ll be sharing his daily podcast post every morning, starting January 5,2026.

Ok, that’s all I have for now. Prayers to everybody on this New Year’s Eve day.

Good Monday morning everybody. I hope your days have been great.

I’m trying to share a link to something I think lots of people could use today, but I’m new at sharing links 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣. I’ll get it before days done (I hope).

Anyhow, I have been dealing with the same chronic pain I have had for years, most of my, drs that can’t seem to figure anything out, nothing more than, “here, take this (who cares what side effects it might give you, on top of the other meds your currently taking). I’ve got a few drs that have me on meds that are trying to figure out what’s wrong, but at this point, I’m not totally hopeful that drs will figure anything out before something drastic happens.

I don’t wanna complain or be the boohoo gave, but I’m going to share the issues I currently live with/in daily-most of them apparently seem to be autoimmune disorders—spondyloarthritis(psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis-sounds fun 😏 APS-antiphospholipid antibody syndrome-which apparently can cause all kinds of havoc-despite what drs do and don’t know about it. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, high blood pressure, “high cholesterol”, chronic pain and arthritis thru the rest of my body, on top of sorely healed/post arthritic ankle I broke 3yrs ago. And gut issues wreaking havoc. There’s other things I may have missed I’m sure, but I’ll share those when available.

OK I’m done sharing, for now, I pray everybody has a wonderful rest of your Monday.

I’ve had to share that message app link separately-here’s part 1.

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https://link.messengerx.com/P9qP

Good Weds evening, I’m sharing this here because this touched my heart. I’ve been trying to get back into my daily Bible reading daily but not always do I have the energy to do that. I know, not a good enough reason not to but, that’s the truth, I’m sure anybody else dealing with chronic health issues can understand. I also know, that when I’m fighting with my body to have energy to do anything, I should be in God’s word even more, not less. If there’s anybody here who is walking in my same shoes, post in the comments, anything you do to get/stay in the Word daily. We can learn from each other.

Have a great night everybody and praying for you all. Extra prayers to anyone and everyone battling chronic illnesses 🥰🙏🏽🥰🙏🏽

Good afternoon, I’m sharing a post that was posted on APS’ Facebook Messenger posts.

www.instagram.com/p/DK4_asVM9EI/

In lieu of June being APS awareness month, I’m trying to share the same daily updates that both aps sites on instagram share. Again, If the links I share here don’t work, either follow them on instagram or go directly to their web pages.

Good afternoon everyone, I know it’s been almost a month since I last posted but life has been pretty crazy. The biggest thing has been dealing with drs regarding my health-isn’t that always a full time job when you have chronic illness (illnesses?)

I deal with a few autoimmune conditions-sjogrens, APS, I’ll post something here regarding what it is-different forms of arthritis, and anemia along with chronic pain and dysautonomia. All of these cause me issues I unfortunately have no control over and make life miserable most days.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DKUieIguvEx/?igsh=YnQxNTA3eWp5YzRt

Hopefully this link works—June is APSawareness month and their page and apssupport uk are both sharing info each day this month to educate people on the issues that APS can cause or contribute to. Sadly, not enough patients nor drs, are educated enough about this once “rare” condition.

If this link above does not work-go to instagram and check out apsfa or their actual website apsfa.org or apssupport uk, or their website aps-support.org.uk. They classify APS as an autoimmune disorder, however if you’ve got issues with blood clotting, I’d suggest finding out what your family history is and getting tested.

Ok, I have caught you up for now on my past month, hoping everyone here is/has had a better month and has a great rest of your week.

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I just came across this and thought for anybody who doesn’t follow them or even on Facebook, this might be food for thought. It got me today because I realized, that is me way too often. Hope this helps somebody today.

Good Weds morning all. I realized I not only missed my Tues blog day last week but was about to miss it this week. I’m still new at this, please bear with me.

I have been struggling with some things lately-such as not fighting God on my purpose and calling in this stage of my life (fyi, I’m 49). I know I should have it better figured out, but I don’t. God has gotten me through raising four children, being a diligent truckers wife (still am), and whoever is familiar with trucker’s, knows what I’m talking about, however, I’m battling menopause or perimenopause, and a whole slew of chronic illnesses that some are very debilitating some days.

This is one of my daily distractions keeping me sane. Books and crafts, when I get to them, are the other distractions. Again, God is with me, thank you Jesus.

In reading my devotions this morning, this part spoke to me: Nothing is too difficult for ME. I have chosen to use weak ones like you to accomplish My purposes. Do not fear your limitations or measure the day’s demands against your strength. Talk with me, and Listen while I talk you through each challenging situation.

God knows what each of us is going through, and how we’re supposed to get through and over that hurdle. Another part that jumped out at me, was this—When I allow difficulties to come into your life, I equip you fully to handle them. So why is it so hard for me, or any of us to deal with issues in our lives? Because we’d rather disobey God and struggle and try doing our own thing because we don’t see everythinglike God does-instead of being patient, even though being on earth and not in heaven makes us all impatient. Because we see the the right now, we pay attention to the things we know that need to be done/paid—bills, debt, home repairs, medical/health stuff.

I’m ending this with a prayer for you all, Lord, I pray for anyone and everyone who’s reading my ramblings and that you touch health issues, financial issues and everything else that needs a healing touch from you. In your name I pray and ask, Amen. Have a wonderful day all.

Good morning everybody, another beautiful Tuesday here in Michigan. I’ve had a week-a cardio appt for myself, ending with yet again, another prescription, and a two week heart monitor to potentially rule out some potential issues. So maybe I’ll quit being told, “oh there’s nothing wrong, everything is fine and normal.” So why would my body tell me differently??? Anyhow-hubby had his first cardioversion procedure yesterday and it appeared to go well.

Has anybody else out there had one of those, if so, how did it go, did it work, any complications? I’m interested to know.

I’m also sharing our Sunday church sermon here, in case anybody’s interested.

https://grfirst.churchcenter.com/episodes/467341

As I’ve said here before, I’m a reader, I love books. I love to read and I love audiobooks also. On that note, Jessica R Patch, one of my favorite Christian authors-one of her books just came out, in which I’ve got the physical copy and the audible copy and I’m just starting it-the other sister

I’ll update again when I’ve gotten further through it. I’ve been listening to a lot of audiobooks lately, lots that I’ve listened to before and play on repeat☺️

Ok, enough of my shenanigans for now. Have a wonderful rest of your day and a great week. God bless you all🥰🙏🏽