I almost cancelled plans this week. But I didn’t. Okay, Steph, big deal. Why are you blogging about almost-cancelled plans? Because when you live with chronic illness, you have to cancel things all the time. And it gets a bit annoying. (For ‘a bit,’ read ‘extremely, muchly, grievously.’ And for ‘annoying,’ read ‘devastating.’) I was […]
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The Grief of Cancelled Plans
I look into the empty starless night, The blackened expanse reflecting The void in my own heart. The place where gatherings, meals, Conversation, laughter, exchanges of gifts Should have lived. Now disappointment reigns— The disappointment of cancellation After cancellation, Where plans were made, Postponed, And cancelled again. Not for unwillingness or indecision, But for illness, […]
Travel Diaries of a Sick Girl: It Still Sucks, But the View’s Amazing! – Part 1
I recently went traipsing through Europe. I ate German sausage in Bavaria, walked over the mountains of Switzerland and shopped in Austria. I did other things too (in case you were wondering) but the food and the mountains were the highlights. And shopping at Swarovski. I was pretty sick while overseas. For those of you […]