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June 19, 2019August 5, 2019 Michelle Curtis

Poetry: Didn’t Ask

A beautiful and touching poem by a young woman with hEDS, this poem won the Pongo Poetry Prize for teen poets.

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Loki lost his long time battle with poor health, yesterday. The whole house is in mourning. All #furbabies are special, of course, but Loki took the prize. He was the best little spoonie patient anyone could ever ask for and he was so very beloved by us all. He took care of me as much as we did him. May he finally be at peace. . . #pets #rip #catmom #spooniecat #spooniepets #servicecat #heartbroken #catmemorial #spoonies #chronicillness #eds #mcas #pots #fibromyalgia #mecfs

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🌬Winter 😻kitten snuggles are just the best and Rocket's more than accommodating in the cold, early mornings. It's been a rough couple of weeks with a critically ill cat and a husband dealing with severe fatigue to ensure they get an accurate read on this repeat 48hr holter monitor. Of course my body sensed that they're on the mend. Apparently it's time to fall apart now and Rocket's happy to accommodate while I do. It's a good thing we don't do Thanksgiving. We'd definitely disappoint. More than likely I'll be spending as much time in bed as I can. The next few days. . . Loki went in for a check up and he's still not in the clear, so we're keeping him on the rx cat food that costs $48 a case and giving him more pills (anti-inflammatories) the next few nights. At least he seems to understand why now. Once the sheer panic of being picked up subsides, he's so brave and barely even tries to raise a paw to us. So much better for us all than his previous terror. When he'd lose it I was so afraid he'd get hurt and we were rarely successful getting the medicine in. It's amazing he finally seems to get it and such a kindness to us all. . . What does your week look like? Are you an American celebrating the holiday or just trying to survive? It's okay either way. It's okay not to be okay. It's okay to enjoy yourself on good days. It's all okay! 🥄🖤🦓

The🥄 Spoonie 🥄 Small Business Shopping 🛍 Guide is here and packed with independently owned businesses created by spoonies. I've included just a few items in these pics, but there's so much more in the guide. I've also included some of our most popular health and wellness items, as well as a few things I'd love to try out for myself. To view the post, just click the link in my bio! So has anyone already started their holiday shopping or are you waiting for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday or Cyber Monday? I haven't bought that first thing this year! 😏

We have the winners of our Name Our Mascot Contest and our Mascot has a name! Congrats to @dee62383 who won our 1st place prize and our other winners, Katie and Tayler. All our winners have been sent an email with instructions to claim their prizes. . . We couldn't be happier about our mascot's new name and we're sure she loves it, too! No doubt Ehlie will be at work raising awareness for #raredisease night and day 😁. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest and helped us choose the most popular name.

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