Blog • Chronic Gratitude - Using Gratitude to cope with chronic illness and other life struggles

June 6 2018

Memories

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I’m grateful for the good moments… Last summer was one of those times when I wasn’t doing very well physically. My body had been reacting to more and more foods, so my stomach was always in turmoil and it was very difficult to eat anything. I had lost so much weight that I was feeling […]

June 2 2018

Balance

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I’m grateful that I’m making progress toward a more balanced life… As a mother of 6 children, there are always plenty of things to do. In addition to all the roles I play as a mother, I’ve also been very involved in church and community service, as well as running my own business of teaching […]

May 29 2018

One Drop at a Time

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I’m grateful for each drop that I can give… A pond begins as a puddle, which begins as a drop. As one drop after another falls into the hole, eventually it fills to the top. A glass of water fills to the brim first with one drop, then another, until enough drops collect to fill […]

May 25 2018

Pieces

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I’m grateful for the pieces of the puzzle…. Over the years as I’ve searched for answers to why I was feeling so horrible, I saw numerous doctors and had numerous tests. As time went on and no answers were found, I began looking outside of the traditional medical field. I was led to many different […]

May 22 2018

CONQUER

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I’m grateful that I’m learning how to allow my body to heal… Some days, I feel like I can conquer the world! And some days, it feels like the world is going to conquer me. Those days are really hard, because my mind wants to do one thing, but my body decides it’s going to […]

May 16 2018

My Logo

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Many years ago I attended a class where the instructor had us paint a watercolor of a flower while she was talking to us. We were supposed to paint a flower that represented ourselves, just letting it flow without putting a lot of conscious thought into it as we painted. I’ve always been amazed at […]

April 23 2018

Just Jill

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JUST JILL. That’s how I used to refer to myself, because I didn’t have a middle name. When I was very little, I really wanted a middle name, as if that would give me more identity. Then at some point, that middle name didn’t matter to me anymore. When I got married, I kept my maiden name as […]

April 4 2018

PRESS FORWARD

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I’m grateful for a better perspective… This chronic illness journey is always full of ups and downs. Sometimes that’s in a physical sense, and sometimes it’s emotionally. A couple of years ago during one of my more emotional lows, I was really struggling every day with having a hopeful outlook that things were going to […]

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