The best medicine of all...

I am overcome with, I don't know with what!? Words, words won't come to me. I am overwhelmed with incredible feelings of gratitude, with a feeling of healing warmth, and with the feeling that I have been blessed beyond my comprehension and perhaps beyond my worthiness.

I am not sure why I started this blog. I liked playing around with the templates and all at first. I loved being able to read all of the blogs I found while poking around. I could relate so closely with so much of what was written. I decided to try writing a page myself... and along came Rose...who introduced me to Lynn-Marie and Miss Dogkisses. And, I found Jolene, Tamiko, and Naddya. What a huge, huge blessing you have all been to me. I honestly can't begin to thank you enough for all of your kind, uplifting words to me personally and for your sharing of yourselves with all of us who have been fortunate enough to have found your pages.

This is an incredible collection of women who are willing to share their lives, their experiences both positive and negative, their very souls, to others struggling with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, and many, many other forms of chronic illness. I have gained great insight from these writings and have developed great friendships with these ladies.

I am in awe to be included in a listing of blogs by Jolene, aka gracefulagony. Please visit her blog at gracefulagony.wordpress.com. She lists fifteen blogs that she recommends be checked out. I would list them on my blog, but I haven't figured out how to embed a website on my blog yet(!!). Such a newbie! Anyway, I have read several and they are all so different and informative and worth a read!

So, in case you haven't guessed it by now, YOU are the best medicine! All of you wonderful, kind, and supportive friends who cheer me on and commiserate with me. I could not make it thru some days without you. I wish I was as disciplined as many of you are about writing your blog each day. I know it would help me on days I am really down if I would get on my computer and at least read for awhile. I am always moved and often get a chuckle from someone's blog. Thank you fellow bloggers for all that you do to help so many. I am happy to think I have helped someone, too.

Hugs,
me,
CJ

Progressive Dinner

So it seems I have been neglecting my blog here. I didn't realize it had been so long since I have posted. I have been reading blogs and responding to them throughout week. I guess I have been wordy in my responses because it feels as though I have written several posts!

It dawned on me today -- I have several new friends! We have wonderful, meaningful, fun conversations, my friends and I. It just happens to be over the internet! How I would love for all of us to get together for dinner! And then I thought, we do in a way. We have progressive dinners. You know where you have appetizers at one persons house, and then salad and/or soup at the next, followed by the entree at the third house, and ending with dessert at the last. We read each others posts and comment and move to the next, and so on and so forth. What a magnificent group of friends I have!

Thank you, friends, for coming into my life. I have needed you and now I have you! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Fondly,
me
CJ