Category Archives: shining a light

Gentle Reminders

Posted on January 25, 2021 by dSavannah

I’m finding it hard to believe that I am starting my 7th year of being a full-time Sick Person, and thus my 7th year of being a #ChronicIllnessBlogger. As I’ve stated before, I didn’t set out to blog almost exclusively … Continue reading →

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sending hope (and rambles) during the holidays

Posted on December 12, 2020 by dSavannah

Before I get started, a few quick things. This first item has nothing to do with anything in this blog, but it’s such a beautiful story. Please go read it! (Warning: it’s a long thread on twitter. And have tissues … Continue reading →

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Book Review – The Things We Don’t Say:
          An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths

Posted on August 15, 2020 by dSavannah

Sometime back in ye olden days of March or April, Julie Morgenlender, a member of my Chronic Illness Bloggers group, posted a request for reviewers for her upcoming anthology, The Things We Don’t Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths. … Continue reading →

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Brain fog and birthdays

Posted on July 18, 2020 by dSavannah

Last month’s post kicked my ass. Of course the act of writing was difficult; it was hard enough to articulate my thoughts on #BlackLivesMatter without being accusatory or making it about me, but also, I cried a lot trying to … Continue reading →

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Speaking up – #BlackLivesMatter (and a #GNU)

Posted on June 24, 2020 by dSavannah

There is an awful lot going on in the world right now, even more so than when I published last month, which I didn’t think was possible. In addition, this post is very “late” (i.e., not published on my self-imposed … Continue reading →

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Looking back (again)

Posted on January 28, 2020 by dSavannah

dSavannah note: This blog post is very very late (13 days, to be exact!), because of a couple reasons: 1) on Sat, January 11, thanks to my infinite brain fog, I deleted the 1,100 or so words I had written … Continue reading →

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Mourning the end of an era, and #NotEnough4ME

Posted on December 15, 2019 by dSavannah

Five years ago yesterday was the last day of my last job, the end of my professional life, and the start of my life as a disabled person (although I didn’t know at the time that it was the end, … Continue reading →

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