These are goofy black-and-white pictures I took with my phone. I'm sort of smiling, my eyes seem bright, I look happy, right? Filters… and I'm not just talking about Instagram filters, but life filters. We show others most of the time, what we think they want to or expect to see from us. So back to the picture… what you can't see is the amount of pain I was in physically. And if you have ever experienced chronic pain of any kind, you know it automatically wears on you emotion

I'm sorry it's been a couple of months since I've written. Lyme disease is always tricky with being able to be 100% consistent. I've spent the last three months dealing with several other health issues but things are now leveling out. Summer, my least favorite time of year (especially when it's over 110 degrees) is in full swing and I am officially in my countdown to fall lol. I would be very happy in a place that had fall weather almost all year and then a month or two of