A new beginning.
It has now been several years since I first started this blog and it has since grown stale as my life as I knew it began to change. It began as a way for me to deal with my chronic pain and focus on the positive aspects of the living world. A reminder that life can be good despite limitations. I am going to continue to carry this blog on in the same manner, but I thought I should highlight some of the changes that have occurred in the past 5-ishis years as the content of my posts and my life has greatly changed. About 5 years ago I had many chronic health problems that resulted in me walking with a cane. I had peripheral neuropathy, digestive problems, and chronic inflammation with no causation found. I was very discouraged with my pain and my condition and at only 20 years old, grieved the loss of my body. I said goodbye to thinking I would ever surf, ski, or do many of the other active things that I loved to do in life. So instead of giving up, I shifted focus, ...