Back in February, my boyfriend Seth and I took a trip unlike anything we had ever done before. Typically we are drawn to places with vast lands where you can always see the stars and be able to watch the sun rise and fall across the horizon. Instead of running to the desert for the… Read More Feeling Normal in New Orleans
Recently I was interviewed by Lindsay from Weigh Out Wander for her new blog series called ‘Remarkable Travelers’. In the interview I was asked how I deal with symptoms on the road, my favorite travel moment, and my advice I would give to others with who are looking to explore the world with chronic medical… Read More Named ‘Remarkable Traveler’ by Weigh Out Wander
***This is not a sponsored post. I am choosing to share my experience with using a reward credit card with you.*** Let me start off by being very honest and transparent with you… I am not rich by any means and am actually classified as ‘disabled’ (aka: I can not hold down a 8-5 job… Read More How My Boyfriend + I Fly For Free
Christmas Road Trip Day 7: Antelope Canyon Each morning it gets harder and harder to lift my groggy head off of my comfortable pillow and push my heavy body out of bed. Being on the road for seven days and away from my normal routine has been very tolling. I can feel I only have… Read More Christmas Road Trip Day 7: Antelope Canyon
Christmas Road Trip Day 6: Zion National Park Sadly we had to say goodbye to Las Vegas, but we had a lot more places to see on our route before heading back home. On the sixth day of our wild Christmas road trip, we loaded up Beasty (our white van) this time heading east to… Read More Christmas Road Trip Day 6: Zion National Park
Christmas Road Trip Day 4: Day trip to Death Valley National Park It was an early and cold start that Tuesday morning in Las Vegas, NV. So cold that you could see your breath; thank goodness for coffee and all its wonderful benefits! We had to get a move on early because there were 164… Read More Christmas Road Trip Day 4: Death Valley National Park
Whew!! Boy was that one exciting and jam packed holiday road trip! We left early Christmas Eve for our 9 day expedition with the plan to come back home on New Years Day. Our 15 passenger van was ready to be our Christmas tree on wheels this year with lights strung inside, little stockings hung,… Read More Christmas Road Trip
Seven days before Seth and I boarded our plane to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, I was stuck on our sofa overwhelmed with uncertainty as tears would not stop streaming down my cheeks. My body was giving up. I had two swollen knees that gave me severe pain and forced me to use a walker to simply… Read More Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Fall is a busy time of the year for activists fighting for awareness of various conditions. During the month of October, people become louder with their voices about Breast Cancer, Down Syndrome, SIDS, Domestic Violence, and many other awareness causes. October is also Dysautonomia Awareness month, and is a cause that is close to my… Read More Dyautonomia Awarness Month
This month I had the honor to write a piece for Kami Lingren for her blog Living Grace, to share how my perspective on life has changed since becoming chronically ill. “Perspective has a way of shifting when your life gets turned upside down by illness. It’s impossible to go through hard things without it… Read More Reshare: How Chronic Illness Shifts Your Perspective: 3 Bloggers Share
