@cindy As a true G.R.I.T.S. (Girls raised In the South) I laughed aloud at your Flo of Alice's Restaurant "Kiss my Grits" fame.
If it makes you feel any better about going (and know we have requested Creator sending AA Michael and all his legions with you and all the attendees there) imagine it as graffiti scrawled on that treasured building belonging to We the People honoring our heroes.
I do not know if you are a South Park fan ( I think you have been for this season anyways ;-) ) BUT... it is beyond delicious that this happened thwarting the demented toddler scrawling his name in gold crayon on all of our public walls.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/01/trump-kennedy-center-south-park
Know we will keep sending our Light and Love accompanying you. "We got you Girl!!!"
I’m feeling a bit discouraged after reading some news. I try to brace myself and buffer it, but I am tired of the dark issues. If anyone could send some comforting energy, I would appreciate it. I am trying to rest more but my reserves feel tapped.
Also dealing with pain from dental issues and digestive problems.
Comforting energy sent your way!
Having pain from dental issues and digestive problems is challenging too and I'm sure is adding to the fatigue.
I'm wishing you comfort and health, and may a feeling of peace and a deep knowing that everything will be okay and the light is just around the corner find you.
@anya Those two are linked. I am hearing probiotics ( you are on antibiotics?)
I understand about the "dark news influences" they seem to hit us harder when we are ill.
Give yourself permission to step away... hibernate if you will. I recently did the same and it has helped a lot. I have started re-reading some of my favorite books, started putting together a 1000 piece puzzle ( Charley Harper art) and watching inspirational movies and some just feel good fluff movies.
Make yourself some easily digested nourishing soups/stews that are easy to chew.
My main drink when I am sick for any reason is lemon thyme tea. I take 4/5 sprigs of my lemon thyme plant. Place in a quart mason jar, add 4-5 slices of fresh ginger ,peeled and sliced, 1 whole lemon cut in slices, squeezed in to jar then add peels too. A few dollops of raw wild honey and then pour just boiled water from the kettle (turn off when hard boil reached and let it stop hard rolling boil) in over the ingredients and fill the jar. Let steep for 15?minutes ... pour up and sip along on. This tea is antiviral, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory. You can one cup up to 3 times a day. My body does best on one cup in the am and one in the evening. Hugs and feel better soon!
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@journeywithme2 I have never heard of Charlie Harper. He's got a dynamic vision and incredible talent. I will try these things you suggested. Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who sent good energy.
If anyone else is feeling stressed and needs an hour of music therapy, I find this track helpful:
https://youtu.be/M7T8bq-efiU?si=zTFxcfeEyOlGMdmf
Decades of trauma and abuse have ruined my health.
My ex-doctor ruined my health. He put me on multiple rounds of steroids and antibiotics causing intestinal ulcers.
He overprescribed my asthma meds which gave me horrific GERD, from which I am still recovering.
He overprescribed my sleep meds which put me at risk for falling and amplified my sleepwalking. I hurt myself more than once, and had scary disassociations.
The GERD has accelerated my asthma to the point where I can barely function at work. My school is closing next year, and I worry that I will not be well enough to continue working anywhere else. As it is, I worry I won't be able to finish out the school year. My boss will not accommodate my airway sensitive needs, refusing to distribute the hypoallergenic cleaner I bought for the whole school and told me to mask up and stay in my classroom. Today I had two asthma attacks being double and then triple masked. I am fearful.
Over the past year I have lost 25 pounds on a body that was already slim. I imagine it annoys my heavier friends and family when I complain, but being skinny and sick is no pleasure.
I have become lactose and gluten intolerant, necessitating a complete overhaul of my diet.
Other GI issues have been clearing up but not without a great deal of debilitating pain first.
My daughter ending our relationship is another issue that has ruined my health and broken my heart besides. Walking away is the hardest thing I have ever had to do.
Soon I see a pulmonologist, and I am anxiously putting all my eggs in one basket, hoping for a cure, hoping my lungs are clear, hoping my left lung is no longer wheezing and is healing.
It's been a scary and long ride of illness. It's been a very hard life in many ways.