This Brutiful Life

Background: I have a *large* number of doctor-recommended items that I need to do each day to be a semi-functioning human. On the other hand, my husband has *very few* items that he needs to do each day to be a fully-functioning human. About 2 months ago, my husband decided to try a form of… Read more

World Mental Health Day was last Friday, so I wanted to do my part, once again, to end the stigma associated with pursuing mental health support from a trained professional. Please remember that there doesn’t need to be a mental health diagnosis to seek mental health support. Also, you don’t need to be in the… Read more

Physical Health:We are still in Step 1 of the tentative treatment plan: However, I was briefly in Step 2f before I went back to Step 1. As I stated in the Proximity post, my most recent test results indicate that my immune system is struggling with the current viral load, and it is making it… Read more

“I am the happiest I have ever been in my life.” These are the words that came out of my mouth on 3 separate occasions this week when speaking to my husband, our therapist, and one of my closest friends. I am aware that the world is on fire. There are so many terrible things… Read more

Physical Health:We are still in Step 1 of the tentative treatment plan: We have 1 more piece we are going to add in to try to prepare my body for treatment. If all goes well, we will slowly begin a treatment protocol in about 2 weeks. My most recent test results indicate that my immune… Read more

One of my friends recently told me how much she appreciates my blog posts. She told me that she drops everything to read a post as soon as she gets the email that a new blog post has been published. She has read every single post that I have published in the last 2.5 years,… Read more