11/03/2025                                                                            
                                    
                                                                            
                                            💫 My Truth ~ Still Growing Through It 💫
It’s been no secret where I’ve come from… where I sit in the present… and what I know of my future.
Almost 9 years ago, my body started screaming at me through pain ~ deep, constant, burning pain. It began in my knee then lower back but spread through my whole body — my pelvis, hips, legs, feet, neck, even my ribs.
Medicines pushed were steroids, pain meds + spine injections! I pushed thru with just naproxen, Tylenol, and willpower. I suffered through flare after flare, watching my own strength and faith get tested over and over again. Anxiety attacks when the pain washed over me were the scariest!
Most days I couldn’t sit. Other days I couldn’t walk.
I couldn’t bend, lift, or climb stairs.
Even carrying a gallon of water or a bag of groceries felt impossible.
I had to use Instacart to get food to my house. My daughter helped with so much ~ things most people don’t even think twice about.
Imagine going through life not being able to sit anywhere. For years. Not being able to drive far, or clean, or cook, or even get dressed without pain reminding you it’s still there, every second for almost a decade!
There were times I questioned how I could keep going like this ~ how anyone could live like this. I understood how people could get hooked on painkillers or lose their will to fight.
But through it all, I never stopped searching, feeling, learning, healing.
I’m still growing through it ~ still becoming stronger, clearer, lighter. My healing isn’t a past story… it’s a living journey.
Every moment teaches me something new about surrender, self love, and the wisdom of my body.
To anyone out there in your own storm ~ I see you. Don’t give up. Your body, your spirit, your energy knows how to find its way back to balance. 🌿