Author: Kaitlyn
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Meal Prep
When I have the energy I love to make freezer meals that we can pull out at any time to use on days I am barely able to leave the couch let alone stand and cook in the kitchen. I usually prefer to freeze in glass or silicone bags and containers but my silicone bags…
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POTS Heat Survival Hacks
Survived Creation Fest, which is our summer adventure 1 of 3. Two more to go! Here are my hacks to surviving a 5 day outdoor music festival with lots of walking, heat, humidity, and camping…or really even just walking from your front door to your car (let’s be real). #1 Buy. Instant. Ice. Packs. Seriously,…
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Here’s the thing..
Here’s the thing about chronic pain, at least for me…. 24/7 I am constantly in some level of pain. All the time. However, there are flare ups, there are days it is significantly worse, days where it’s not as bad, days where the pain is targeted in different locations in my body, and days where…
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“It’s Just Anxiety.”
I’ve always had anxiety. My parents joked that I came out of the womb anxious. Because of this anxiety I’ve thrown up every single morning from since I was 4 1/2 years old (that’s 24 years for those of you keeping track at home). 24 years of throwing up every single morning. 24 years of…
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Living with POTS, etc.
I wish I could love summer. I grieve the things I can no longer do because they are now a recipe for disaster for my body. I miss being able to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. Although heat and exercise has always been a trigger for my EDS and POTS, it has never been…
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Life with Chronic Pain
I am in pain every single day. Some days are worse than others, some days I only notice it if I decide to stand up for more than a few minutes. But every day to some degree I’m in constant pain. I’ve had doctors say they don’t believe me, tell me I’m just looking for…
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Let Me Interrupt My Radio Silence with This Post
I apologize for the months of radio silence. The thought of having to sit at my computer and type out a coherent blog post seemed impossible, so I didn’t. I have random stacks of ripped off pieces of envelopes with random thoughts on them littered about the house and about 74 notes in my phone…
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Forgiveness
Currently going through Lysa Terkeurst’s book Forgiving What You Can’t Forget with my mentor. I am loving this book for so many reasons and highly recommend the book and the journal if you struggle with forgiveness or are going through the process of forgiveness. This week I was challenged with really looking inward and finding…
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Stop Putting Humans Where God Should Be
Okay so Rachel Hollis…. Let me preface what I am going to say with this: I own 2 of her books. I have not completely read them all the way through, I have cherry picked what I read from them and only read them on a situational basis. I do not listen to her TED…
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God take this pain from me
I really just want to be at the whole clothed with strength and dignity and laughs without fear of the future part of my life now please. I don’t feel strong enough to survive this pain much longer. Key word there being “I”, I guess. God needs to be my strength. I need to let…
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Painful Beloved 