Blog entries by LaurelB

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From my blog, Dreams at Stake When I was a little girl, I remember often being told by a variety of adults that "life is hard." This was most typically said when I complained about something I saw as terribly unreasonable or unfair, such as not being able to eat dessert without first...
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From my blog Dreams at Stake <i>An April 2003 Journal Entry</i> I had one of those rare but stunning moments the other day where I just felt flooded by the utter profundity of this world at the miracle of actually being alive and part of this infinite web we have yet to fully understand...
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This is a post from my blog from last month. I've had a rough month with my health, and am just now well enough to come and repost it here. :-) --------------- I can remember a day when I was 15 years old, sitting on my bedroom floor and writing in my journal. I was upset about something I...
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From my blog at: http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com ME/CFS has often been referred to as an invisible illness. This is because, for the most part, we don't actually look sick. While the severity of ME/CFS varies from mild to severe, the disability levels of those more seriously afflicted have...
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From my blog at: http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com I went to an all-girl, Catholic high school with only 44 students in my graduating class. Among other essential courses in science, math and english, every student had to take a typing class as part of the required curriculum. This, at the...
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This is a post from my blog from a few months back that I'm just getting around to posting here. :) What I Miss Most Note: This is a journal entry from a couple years ago. I was a bit hesitant to post it here, as it was written in what was a moment of grief for me. I pretty much bare my...
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From my blog at http://dreamsatstake.blogspot.com You often hear the word survivor used to describe someone who has overcome a life-threatening illness or situation. There are survivors of cancer, strokes and heart attacks. There are survivors of natural disasters, poverty, rape and of war...