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Being Chronically Mommy...

Welcome to the second in my chronic pain blog series. My first was my most well-known about my life struggle, balance, etc. with chronic pain and illness in "I Already Gave My Right Arm To Be Ambidextrous!" It is now titled "Now Read My HIPS!" and the focus has changed a bit to be more about how I am a woman with several joint diseases and conditions with a shoulder replacement and two hip replacements and am belly dancing! Visit Now Read My HIPS! to follow that entertaining, fun journey (alreadygavertarm2bambidextrous.blogspot.com). I also have a Blog Talk Radio Show with the same title about chronic pain and healing.

This blog is a little bit different. It has been focusing on my being a mommy and having a chronic illness. I have been and will continue to focus on health and pain info as well that I once wrote about in Now Read My HIPS! I think it is important to separate this from the rest of my life. It is not easy to have a chronic illness, but adding a child to the mix certainly has its share of trying times as well as beautiful, unforgettable moments.


I am so grateful for our little boy Mick. I can't believe that he is 6 years old as of December of 2016. Time has flown by! He is a dream come true. He has completed my confusing, complicated life. In a very huge way, he has made my life a lot more worth living. Although I have a wonderful husband, we always wanted a family, and I feel like we are now complete and happy. I have something to wake up to, and I have something to live for~Mick! It really is it's own microcosm of my life~Being Chronically Mommy!


...Being Chronically Mommy!

...Being Chronically Mommy!
...Being Chronically Mommy!

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Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these daya are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

ATTENTION Juvenile Arthritis Bloggers: Looking for Guest Bloggers!

Attention Juvenile Arthritis Bloggers, Writers and Authors. Whether you have JA, are a parent of someone with JA, or care for someone with JA, I am looking for Guest Bloggers!!!! It is JA Awareness Month, and IAAM is launching its Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Movement! We'll launch this initiative on Monday July 9th so check back! Until then, a sneak preview: JA isn't the same as having Degenerative Arthritis and YOU will have the opportunity to tell the world why! Stay tuned, it's about to get goooood ;).  Watch out because IAAM's new JA Campaign is gonna blow JA Awareness out of the water! In true IAAM style it will be a little out-of-the-box and will allow YOU to shine! 

I am looking for Guest Bloggers to appear on both of my blogs and on IAAM's public Facebook pages. If you are interested in being a Guest Blogger, please send me a Personal Story of JA. It can be about you personally, your child, someone you know or someone you take care of. We need to spread AWARENESS so make sure your story is a true representation of a person with JA to help others understand what it is like to live with JA, to love someone with JA and to be a child with a disease that is all too often confused with what old people get. 

Email your Personal Story of JA to Dana at danalm_iaam@yahoo.com and include the post title, the blog title and url. If you do not have a blog and have it in Word, then send me the Word Document. Make sure you give me your name as you would like it to be published on my blogs and the IAAM public Facebook pages. Also, please give me a couple sentences that summarize your story. I will try to publish all the stories that I receive. Thank you!


This poster was designed by IAAM for World Autoimmune Arthritis Day 2012 (held on May 20th). This JA Awareness Movement will be the 1st of many subjects we will revisit from WAAD. And you thought World Autoimmune Arthritis Day was over...pshhh, you're not getting rid of us that easily ;)

2 comments:

jazzmum said...

What a great idea to spread the word!My daughter has had "Arthur" for 10 years and I just wish that I could have had some sort of heads up on the ride we were in for! Looking forward to reading some honest accounts :)

Dana Asmara Morningstar-Marton said...

jazzmum, Thanks for your input. I am so glad that you will be reading the Guest Bloggers' Blog Posts. Feel free to submit your daughter's story to be published as well to pass on to others. If you do not blog that's ok. You can send me the story in a Word Document and I can paste it into the blog. I would love to pass on her story. Thanks again. Blessings, Dana

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