— Coloring Life with Love, Lyme, & Laughter —
I loathe vomiting. When a stomach bug attacks, I will remain in the fetal position for days with agonizing nausea rather than just getting it over with and throwing up. I've always been this way. Had I been one of those pregnant women with constant morning sickness, there would likely be three less children in... Continue Reading →
You guys know how desperately I have been trying to understand, or at the very least, accept the insanity that has consumed our small community, the fact that two people are now gone from the stunning photo you see above. Below is the passionate and poignant response I received from Josiah Pitts, a family friend... Continue Reading →
Have you ever felt like your most fervent prayer, the one you whispered at every red light, the one you needed as desperately as air, the one asked with the purest heart, yeah, that one…was stamped Denied? I sure do. I know I’m supposed to say something like His plans are not our plans or... Continue Reading →
"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” --Mark 12:30-31 The never-ending news cycle is overwhelming. An endless loop of unimaginable violence, from... Continue Reading →
My Lyme is flaring. The IV-antibiotic treatment is causing spirochetes to die off faster than my body can expel them, and I am trapped in my own circle of hell. At once there is pain throughout my body. It consumes me. I cannot think; there is only pain. I cannot eat; I will throw up.... Continue Reading →
A Broken Crayon 