Perspective is Everything
“I’m thankful for my struggle, because without it, I would not have stumbled across my strength.” On weeks like this I tend to repeat this mantra in my head throughout the day. This has been a consistently rough month- I’ve felt sluggish for weeks, work has been very hectic, and there are a lot of things I want to do (spend time with friends, paint, have fun) that my body just has not allowed me the privilege of doing. I guess I could start more from the beginning though? I have CFS, or that is what the doctors have finally shrugged their shoulders in frustration and told me. About a year ago, it started out as a terrible case of mono. Let me tell you folks- while it is an illness that most tend to crack jokes about (things such as “ooo who have you been kissing?!”), it really is a terrible thing to get. My lymph nodes swelled to the size of grapes and hurt like hell. I constantly had migraines and ran fever. I couldn’t keep anything dow...