Happy holidays and happier holiday shopping, my dear followers! If you’re like me, the whole holiday season gets mixed up because it feels like it starts in October. That means you don’t know when to start buying presents and it gets put off over and over again. If you need to be told like I… Continue reading 2015 Dysautonomia inspired gift guide
Author: Shannon
#GivingTuesday
LET’S DO THIS. Dysautonomia International knows how to party. They know that #GivingTuesday is the best, and want to make it last every day of December. I used to think of charity in the abstract. I participated in service projects, I bought wristbands, I practiced my vocab to donate grains of rice. I gave $5… Continue reading #GivingTuesday
Speak up
First things first: I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I got to see some of my best friends from high school when they came home for break and we TORE IT UP. (By that, I mean we went out for sandwiches and watched television together. Exactly like we did in high school.) As… Continue reading Speak up
Sweaters never made for great coping mechanisms anyway
Because this is my blog and I have a million thoughts and feelings, I give you a break from our regularly scheduled chats on life with autonomic dysfunctions and bring you chats on people talking about this infamous sweater from Target: There are several ways people are reacting to this sweater. Hey! Funny joke! They’re poking… Continue reading Sweaters never made for great coping mechanisms anyway
Duke and Casey and dysautonomia
My dogs are the loves of my life. The day we brought them home was the happiest, scariest, most exhausting day I’d ever experienced. When they do what I ask, they are the greatest joys of my life. And the other 99% of the time, they drive me nuts. For as spectacular as dogs are,… Continue reading Duke and Casey and dysautonomia