The Bellwether Life
Protecting your Family, Securing your Future
Category: Parenting
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3 Tips For Improving Brain Fog
It’s been a little quiet here lately; life happened. I’ve been busy keeping my ship from sinking, dumping out water while it’s still spilling in. Being a wife and mom is hard enough, but adding chronic illness to the mix makes it even harder. I’m the ship with a chronic disease, and holes keep springing…
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Parenting With A Chronic Illness
Guilt: The Worst Symptom Of Chronic Illness Being a parent is hard; being a parent with a chronic illness seems impossible some days. Mom’s guilt has me all tangled up in her. This monster in my mind is swirling around with all the physical things I can’t do with my children, especially since summer has…
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I Guess I’m Lucky Then
As a kid I knew I always wanted to be a mother, first it was playing with baby dolls then it moved on to watching a baby story on TLC. I would often envision my future and couldn’t wait to experience the miracle of child birth. I became a mother young but, looking back now…
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My 5 Must Have Flare-Up Essentials
As mom’s we have a lot on our plates, weather it’s work, kids, spouses, house work, cooking etc. It’s never helps when your chronic illness decides to flare up. I don’t have this all figured out, and some days it is total chaos. However, here’s 5 things that help me and I hope they can…
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Facebook Memories Got Me In The Feels
I love Facebook memories, some days it’s like pulling out an old album and reminiscing about the past. Other times like today, it made my heart ache. Last week during a telehealth appointment with my geneticist, She brought up again the stance she and my other specialists have agreed on which is me not having…
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10 Life Hacks For Chronically Ill Moms
My husband always says “work smarter, not harder” and even though I’m rolling my eyes at all of his dad jokes this one means more to me now. When I have limited amount of spoons I have to get creative with my methods- as long as the end goal is accomplished it doesn’t matter how…
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