| The Gift of Sixteen Years 12 days ago by tcmom As the month of October comes to an end, I am sharing my mother’s story as one last reminder about breast cancer awareness. Please read, consider, educate yourself and share. My mother did not die from breast cancer. In fact, she was diagnosed many years ago. We found out she had a malignant lump in ... Morningside Mom - morningsidemom.com · Rank: 14,923 ·  78 references |
| With Words, Hip Hop and Hundreds of Bicycles, Beijing’s Youth Call for ... 15 days ago by Editor by Alex Pasternack, New York, NY on 10.25.09 The resounding call for climate action that capped a series of talks in Beijing this week between the US and China didn’t come from top officials, but from a more unusual constituent: young Beijingers. The city’s celebration of the 350.org International D ... Ecoflavor | David Paterni - ecoflavor.com |
| Readers, Send Us Your International Day of Climate Action Photos! 15 days ago by Editor by Emma Grady, New York, NY on 10.24.09 What are you doing today for the International Day of Climate Action, this Saturday, October, 24, 2009? Plan an awareness-raising, pollution-reducing event? Organize a climate-discussion with a meal made from locally grown food? Did you host a teach-in at the ... Ecoist | David Paterni - ecoist.me |
| Handicapped? Crippled? …or, maybe not? 16 days ago by Shira Danin With all the balance I wrote of regarding physical activity, I find myself wondering. I wonder how I am viewed or how I want to present my abilities (or lack thereof) in public. Public for me is any place where I interact with people I don’t know, and they don’t know me or my “good” friend, Fibro. O ... Shira's Fibro Fun - myfibrofun.wordpress.com |
| Just let it go 16 days ago by Shira Danin Two days ago I read an article on some Israeli news website. I won’t mention it or link to it because they don’t deserve the publicity. He wrote about how Fibromyalgia is only diagnosed per the patients’ complaints, which makes it not real. The writer says because you can go online and learn where t ... Shira's Fibro Fun - myfibrofun.wordpress.com |
| Inexplicable Flare Up 16 days ago by Shira Danin It has been almost a week since I started this blog in English. I truly enjoy writing in two languages and getting complements about my writing. (Further to my previous post about confidence, one of the things I was convinced not to be in my basket of talents, was writing) So thank you, I’m very gla ... Shira's Fibro Fun - myfibrofun.wordpress.com |
| Fibro Awareness 16 days ago by Shira Danin I started my blog (in Hebrew) two years ago after my first hospitalization ever. At first I called it “The Life of a Student with Three Cats”. About three months ago, with the recent flare up of my fibro, I decided to change the name to “My Life with Fibromyalgia” and to focus on the subject more th ... Shira's Fibro Fun - myfibrofun.wordpress.com |
| Humor and Sarcasm 16 days ago by Shira Danin As I mentioned before, I choose Humor and Sarcasm whenever I can to cope with this chronic pain fun… Yesterday I came upon the Humor and sarcasm section in the “ Get Well Gift Store” from “ ButYouDontLookSick.com“. I loved it. The products and the funny “phrases” on them are hilarious. What I find r ... Shira's Fibro Fun - myfibrofun.wordpress.com |
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