How quitting alcohol has increased my patience
• January 25, 2024 • Leave a CommentPosted in Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, sobriety, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, alcohol, challenge, changes, choices, day by day, eli and ella, Eli and Ellas Prayer Warriors, family, Fear, God, gratitude, hope, journey, learning, lessons, life, Love, memories, MLD, never give up, one day at a time, patience, rare disease, sadness, sober, sober living, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, special needs parenting, strength, warriors
The many joys of the game
• December 17, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, basketball, challenge, changes, day by day, eli and ella, fitting in, game, God, gratitude, Hero, hope, inclusion, inclusivity, journey, joy, learning, lessons, life, Love, memories, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, never give up, normalcy, parenting, Questions, rare disease, special needs, strength, team, warriors
4 a.m. thoughts
• November 29, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, anxiety, caregiver, challenge, dark night of the soul, darkness, day by day, depression, eli and ella, family, Fear, feelings, future, God, grief, growth, healing, inner critic, journey, learning, lessons, life, never give up, one day at a time, poetry, purpose, sadness, smothering, sober, sober living, sobriety, sorrow, special needs, struggle, thoughts
“Let there be no darkness in your heart“
• November 21, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, sobriety, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, challenge, changes, death, depression, divorce, dying, family, fathers, Fear, God, gratitude, growth, happiness, healing, hope, journey, joy, learning, lessons, life, live, Love, memories, monsters, never give up, normalcy, parental loss, sadness, sobriety, sorrow, strength, struggle, thankful
When anxiety turns to panic
• November 9, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: allergic reaction, anxiety, anxious, bee sting, control your thoughts, depression, eli and ella, intrusive thoughts, lessons, life and death, mind power, panic, racing heart, thoughts
A moment we had only HOPED we would see
• August 31, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, anxiety, challenge, changes, clinical trial, day by day, eli and ella, family, gene therapy, God, gratitude, hope, journey, joy, learning, lessons, life, Love, metachromatic leukodystrophy, Milan, MLD, never give up, normalcy, parenting special needs, parents magazine, rare disease, sadness, senior year, special needs, strength, thankful, today show, warriors
We are not different, we are unique
• June 22, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living
Tags: acceptance, angel, angels, changes, clinical trial, day by day, eli and ella, Enjoythemoment, family, friends, gene therapy, God, gratitude, happiness, healing, Hero, hope, journey, joy, learning, lessons, live, Love, memories, metachromatic leukodystrophy, Miracle, MLD, never give up, normalcy, purpose, rare disease, special needs, spiritual, strength, teaching, thankful, unique, warriors
Etched in my memory
• June 2, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in Diagnosed
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I’m trying
• May 15, 2023 • 3 CommentsPosted in Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, My journey, the ride of my life
Tags: acceptance, anxiety, challenge, changes, day by day, depression, eli and ella, Eli and Ellas Prayer Warriors, family, Fear, fitting in, gene therapy, God, gratitude, Hero, hope, journey, joy, learning, lessons, life, Love, memories, metachromatic leukodystrophy, MLD, never give up, normalcy, praying, rare disease, sadness, sorrow, special needs, strength, thankful, warriors
Pushing through- Our last day of testing in Milan
• April 27, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in Along the way, Back to life and living, Diagnosed, Life after diagnosis, living, Milan, the ride of my life
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Fear Not 