Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You!

On Jan 15, 2018Jan 15, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness14 Comments

Welcome to a bit of Monday magic – I hope you all had a great weekend. We saw the middle child, aka the politics student, return to university yesterday and I don’t think it took too much preparation on his part because he hadn’t unpacked most of it since his return! Yes, he has been living from the cases on the floor of his bedroom for the last few weeks, which have become increasingly full of chocolate wrappings from Christmas, crisp packets, new gifts, clean washing, dirty washing…you get the picture, not an inch of carpet to be seen. Anyway hubby deposited him back yesterday with or without all that he needs and the next thing will be to reclaim the room and change the odour from Eau de Teen Boy to fresh air!!

The eldest continues to undergo job interviews from the various applications that he has put in. Since when did the selection process become so complicated? If you get shortlisted from your application, you firstly complete a phone interview, then online psychometric tests (“Mum should I say what I think they want to hear, or what I think might be right, or is there even a right answer?” “How on earth should I know? I’m just your mother!”) then in his case, a phone/skype interview with a live computer coding test…..and then after all this a face to face interview in an office, meeting a real person, drinking coffee and talking! Wow! He does have a final interview this week with a big American firm (so I’m told) – but I have no idea what they do, what he would do…..just hope something comes to fruition …..and if it requires a move out of home and away from my kitchen & bathroom, hurray(and then we will welcome him back for visits with open arms!!).

This week I was sad to see a couple of blogging groups’ admins have to post that group members were not following basic rules and were not supporting the spirit of the groups. I really hope that this is the minority of bloggers and that the majority still look to support others, follow people because of a genuine interest and to interact. Maybe I am being naive, but I hope not. I have some old blog friends and some brand new bloggers to introduce here with a huge variety of post – from healthy eating (although the advice will not work with the student engineer!) to dealing with bullying to the hilarious post from Hot Mess Memoirs about giving back crying babies.

Sit back, grab a cuppa and enjoy some terrific posts!

https://positivelyrachel.com/2018/01/11/living-with-overstimulation-and-hypersensitivity/

https://livingthechronicillnesslife.com/2018/01/11/engaged/

http://thehealthsessions.com/eat-vegetables-with-every-meal/

http://www.bbhwithms.com/i-used-cannabis-daily-for-my-chronic-pain-for-the-past-year-this-is-what-happened/

https://chroniclesofmyalgice.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/21-days-of-prayer-fasting/

https://invinciblefortitude.com/2018/01/11/7-tools-against-bullying/

https://hotmessmemoir.com/2018/01/13/new-babies-giving-back-cry/

https://www.health-hats.com/3254-2/

https://thenellybean.com/my-issues-with-the-word-influencer/

https://sarcasticbohemian.com/2018/01/12/how-to-survive-nightmares/

Please remember to support some fab blog posts by sharing, commenting and liking.

Claire x

Blogger Recognition Award

On Jan 12, 2018Jan 15, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Award, Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness18 Comments

I’ve been nominated for the Blogger Recognition Award by the lovely Rachael from Rachael’s Thoughts. We first met on the facebook group Big Up Your Blog, a fantastic community set up by Suzie and Em. Rachael blogs about all sorts and recently she has shared about her move back to the North East of the UK with hubby….just one week before Christmas! You can see her original nomination post here. Thank you so much, Rachael.

RULES FOR THIS AWARD :-

Write a blog post to show your award
Thank the blogger that nominated you
Tell your readers how your blog started
Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers
Nominate other bloggers for the award

How my blog started…

In all honestly I knew nothing about blogging and it started on a complete whim, and as a little bit of a joke. I was going into hospital to have a spinal cord stimulator trial in the hope that I would find some relief from the chronic nerve pain in my leg and back – secondary to nerve root damage and a genetic condition Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Initially I asked my son to set up a blog thinking that friends and family could follow my progress and save hubby from too many phone calls. The kids thought it was hilarious – “why would anyone want to read anything you write, mum?”.

I had found advice and support online from others invaluable in the lead up to this, and if I could offer the same to anyone else then I wanted to give it. The writing process itself has been really therapeutic and I have found a lovely community out there – a chronic illness community who I can both support and gain support from, and some fantastic new friendship groups who are a lifeline for someone like me who spends increasing amounts of time on the sofa with symptom flares/deterioration.

I can’t quite believe that I am still here, tapping away and part of a world that just a couple of years ago I knew nothing about. My kids can’t either – and daily regret introducing me to Facebook, Instagram etc….but that is another story!

Two pieces of advice I want to give to new bloggers:

Enjoy it! – Take it slowly, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that, find your blogging feet and get into your writing groove whatever that may be. I know that there can be a tendency out there to focus on stats, followers, traffic etc…..but think about why you are doing this. Don’t get so embroiled in the numbers that you forget to enjoy the experience.
Meet & support other bloggers – much the same as Rachael said in her post. Follow other blogs that interest you, leave likes and comments – generally engage. Join groups on Facebook – for me it was the Chronic Illness Bloggers and The Book Club on Facebook initially – and take part in threads and chats. If you are a social media dinosaur like yours truly, learn about Twitter & Instagram & Pinterest….but don’t try to do it all at once as you risk feeling swamped. None of them are going anywhere. But it is out there that you will find your community and then your own blog will grow…..but it isn’t a competition.

MY NOMINATIONS:

https://brainsandbodiesblog.com/

https://dazzlingzebra.wordpress.com/

https://kimc91.wordpress.com/

https://schoolrunshop.com/

https://fancypaperblog.wordpress.com/

Keep sharing the words and the love!

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Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You!

On Jan 8, 2018Jan 8, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness8 Comments

A week into the new year, the decorations are down, the Christmas tree is looking forlorn on the back lawn and the kids back to school. Well in our case nearly…..the lovely girl returns tomorrow, the middle child returns to university next weekend and the student engineer returned today, just as the UK train strikes started up.

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Our house has been a mad frenzy of coursework this last week – 2 projects for the final year of Engineering involving analysing the use of Boris bikes in London and Deep Learning (whatever that may be!); the lovely girl has been finishing her sketch books and final piece for her art, although any visitors would have thought she was decorating the lounge!! The title of her works – “I, Me, Mine” and “Blood, Flesh, Bones” – so she has focused on our genetic Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I have spent some time modelling for her photographs and I wish I could report that they are super glam….but they are not!!! Instead she wanted close ups of my body parts which looked the most veiny – charming.

Hubby managed the delayed visit to his parents, and whilst he was away I enjoyed reading and sharing a huge variety of blog posts. This is just a small assortment varying from favourite books, to beauty products to a yummy recipe for dairy free ice cream. Two that really stand out, and are poles apart, are Tania’s about her need for a Smartdrive for her wheelchair (I am slightly biased as we share the same condition) and The Bryntin Project’s plea to us all to realise the harm our birthday balloons are doing.

So grab a cuppa and take a break whilst you dive into some fab blog reads. Please comment, like and share!

http://www.whentaniatalks.com/fundraising-for-a-smartdrive/

https://croneconfidence.com/2018/01/06/first-world-blessings-2/

https://www.themerrymomma.com/2018/01/top-10-favorite-books-2017/

http://countingmyspoons.com/2018/01/ten-tips-combating-chronic-pain-winter/

http://chronicallyhopeful.com/first-outing-5-months/

http://littlemissmelanie.com/2018/01/07/favourite-beauty-products-of-2017/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=favourite-beauty-products-of-2017

http://www.makeitbakeitfakeit.com/2018/01/the-most-amazing-dairy-free-mango-ice.html

http://www.corter.co/2018/01/the-way-ill-slay-in-2018.html

https://brainsandbodiesblog.com/2017/11/10/5-ways-to-have-a-productive-day-with-a-chronic-illness/

https://thebryntinproject.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/birthday-littering/

Have a great week,

Claire x

New Venture @ The Recipe Hunter – Weekly Share and Inspire, Meet and Greet

On Jan 6, 2018Jan 6, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Baking, Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness1 Comment

New Meet & Greet Tomorrow! See you there….

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Blog Weekly Greet

Please come over and join us and participate in a New Venture over @ The Recipe Hunter and let’s have fun at the Weekly Share and Inspire, Meet and Greet!

We will kick off this new venture next week, Sunday, 7 January 2018, and I would like to welcome all old and new bloggers and trust that this will be a good opportunity for all of us to get to know each other better.

Watch this space and be ready for the first Weekly Share and Inspire, Meet and Greetnext week, Sunday, 7 January 2018.

This is an open invitation to all bloggers from any niche,so please leave us a comment and tell us a little about yourself, and yes, we want you to leave us a link to promote and showcase your own blog.

You can use any link of your choice. You may wish to…

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New Year Meet and Greet

On Jan 1, 2018Jan 1, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, cakes, chronic illness, friendship, Happy New Year3 Comments

New Year Meet and Greet!

Monday Magic – Happy New Year! Inspiring blogs to start 2018

On Jan 1, 2018Jan 4, 2018 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness, Happy New Year26 Comments

Happy New Year, Pain Pals! Welcome to 2018….

I hope that you have all had a wonderful holiday season – I appreciate that for many of you this will have been hampered by health problems, for others it may be the first year since a bereavement, or just simply a difficult time – but we have to believe that there is always something positive, even out of negatives (hope my eldest is reading…..we call him Mr Glass half empty!).

I’m not going to do a look back at my year and bore you silly…..this week is probably enough. Our week hasn’t gone exactly to plan – when does it ever? – with yours truly managing to fall off the sofa (I know, I know!) and putting out my shoulders, neck, ankle and hip in one foul swoop!! Of course this would be the night before we were due to travel to visit the in laws…..add hubby having a horrendous case of man flu (actually he has the most awful chesty cough and was banished to an empty child’s bed last night!) and the trip is off. if you are reading, Dave and Wendy – I am so sorry! Kids are too as it meant any plans for New Year’s Eve parties in this house were ruined…..the teen girls due to gather decamped to another location and at the time of writing we have had no communications from the lovely girl! Plus one boy still old cold and snoring in bed here, having made it home.

But two huge positives for me were managing a lovely family meal out on Boxing Day, and hosting the extended family the day after. My brother’s family, the student engineer’s partner, and of course my lovely parents…..plus the drone that one very silly auntie bought her nephew for Christmas. Well I didn’t think he would be flying it around my living room!!!

I have put together a huge list of New Year blog posts for you from some of my blogging family…..many from the Big Up Your Blog community, others from Chronic Illness Bloggers. There are reflections, good wishes, goals & resolutions, poetry and don’t miss Phil’s hilarious Predictions from a legit Psychic! Plus the first is a great blogging invitation on Smorgasbord. Sit back with a glass of something good (dry Jan can start tomorrow!) and enjoy.

https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/happy-new-year-and-the-start-of-the-2018-series-of-smorgasbord-posts-from-your-archives/

https://cristianmihai.net/2018/01/01/a-new-beginning/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/prepared-give-your-100-2018-jez-cartwright/?trackingId=o8g10gFzhm1TEUaBd7y6nQ%3D%3D

https://mashaellman.com/2017/12/30/my-wish-for-you-2018/

https://medicalmysterymusings.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/reflect-and-restart/

https://www.navigatingthestorms.com/fun-things/holidays/making-new-years-resolutions-first-do-this/

http://shesnotsobasic.com/new-years-affirmtaions/

https://therightdirections.wordpress.com/2017/12/26/2018/

http://www.theressomethingaboutkm.com/the-circle-of-knowledge-2017/

https://thephilfactor.com/2017/12/30/2018-predictions-from-a-legit-psychic/

https://blushandbrewsblog.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/faves-2017-book-edition/

http://sportfitnessjourney.com/running-resolutions-newyear/

https://brainlessblogger.net/2017/12/31/my-new-years-resolution-compassion/

https://mistybooks.wordpress.com/2016/12/31/resolutions-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/

http://supermomhacks.com/lessons-in-parenting/on-new-years-goals/

https://wheelescapades.com/2017/12/28/best-nine-of-2017/

https://suzie81speaks.com/2017/12/18/smoke-and-mirrors-how-to-avoid-hating-your-blog-in-2018/

https://www.midlifesmarts.com/celebrate-new-year-scotland-style/

https://illness-to-wellness.com/2017/12/28/preparing-for-the-new-year-pick-5/

https://vinzpoetry.wordpress.com/2018/01/01/new-year-better-be-nice/

Please be kind and share some love for these bloggers with likes, shares and comments!

Happy New Year!

Claire x

Monday Magic – Inspiring Christmas Blogs

On Dec 18, 2017 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, Christmas, chronic illness7 Comments

Good evening! I’m a bit late posting today as the dreaded task had to be done – Christmas shopping! I have to be honest and say that this is the first year that I was dreading the trip that has become something of a tradition for Duncan and me over the last decade. We get up and head off in time to have our breakfast in a cafe just off the market place, and then enjoy some empty shops before the crowds arrive. Christmas Blogs

But with each year early mornings become trickier and some days I can rival the youngsters for not being able to get out of bed. Then there is the cold…and it was cold this morning! Typically as the temperatures plummeted this week, so our central heating behaved in the same way as my body….it grumbled, then shrieked in protest, and finally refused to cooperate! So between dodgy pipework in the home and dodgy systems in my body, I have been snookered. But I am pleased to announce that we did it…..even managed to find a very central blue badge parking spot and found that the cafe could cater for my increasing dietary restrictions. The bulk of the shopping has been completed between today’s haul and my online exploits, and Duncan used the wheelchair as an effective battering ram as the crowds increased toward lunch time.

So now I am flaked out, dosed up to the eyeballs for my dodgy shoulder that constantly forgets the ball is supposed to live inside the socket, and have put together my favourite Christmas inspired posts of the week. I have even managed to persuade the lovely girl to photograph our Christmas tree for you…. Xmas tree

There is a blast from the past with eighties gifts (my generation – I had a Petite typewriter), a short story with a twist in the tale, suggestions for those of us with chronic health, crafts for the kids, food….food….and some more food! If you don’t have time to check out all of the posts – please let me direct you to the final post (film) which will bring a smile to your face…hopefully without a Bah Humbug in sight!

Scan0001 Please comment, like posts and share far and wide in the spirit of the season! Have a great week,

Merry Christmas,

Claire x

The Blessed Project

On Dec 14, 2017Dec 17, 2017 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogs, Christmas, chronic illness, family26 Comments

Flicking through the blog posts on the blog share threads last weekend (Big Up Your Blog), one from Susie Lindau’s Wild Ride leapt off the page at me. She has invited bloggers to join her in a very special, positive experience – The Blessed Project.

Susie says “Last year, I posted a list of blessings and included a few photos. The exercise took me to a place in my heart filled with love, gratitude, happiness, and sparkly things. My favorite! For the time it took to create the list, it banished bad news, headlines, and normal everyday frustrations like surfing to buy the perfect gift which is as slippery as Elf on a Shelf.” What could possible be better at this time of the year than to focus on blessings…and some photos to embarrass your kids??

So where shall I start?

My family naturally…..hubby Duncan puts up with a lot, particularly on those flare days when I am horrible to be around, but he is always there. He spends half his life running me to different hospitals across London and never (well almost never) complains and is always there to pick up the pieces – or just to pick me up!!

The kids…..it is challenging having the student engineer living back at home after 3 years away and my kitchen is living proof, but he is getting better at catching me before I pass out. The middle one – do all middle children play on the old adage that middle borns have such a tough time? – is due home from uni next weekend and it will be lovely to see him (I think – dirty washing???). We haven’t heard much from him, but presume that is a good thing – although he does send regular pics to his sister. Finally my baby – my lovely girl. She drives me mad with her untidiness, but she looks after me over and above what a teen should have to do for her mum – and constantly plays down the fact that she also has the same condition.

The new student (middle child!) and pals at uni

Like brother, like sister

My parents – they live up the road and without them our lives would be so much harder on so many levels. Thank you, Mum & Dad!

Photo 28-06-2016, 12 15 43 — Their first and only selfie!

My wheelchair – yes really! It has given me a new lease of life as my mobility has decreased and pain has increased. I have spent the last few years struggling to maintain some independence and to walk. But the back pain initially and then the disabling effects of 2 back fusions (they really did add to my problems) and more hip dislocations have led to first funky walking sticks, then Smart crutches and now my wheels. Not what I wanted during my 40s, but I can go out and join in! My eldest plans on taking me ice skating in it but I didn’t like the wicked glint in his eye when he suggested it!!

Night out in London

Maybe not quite what I had in mind……student engineer and Chester

Friends who don’t give up on me when I blow them out, who stick by me and let me feel like the woman I used to be. I also am very blessed to have a whole virtual friends family – bloggers and the chronic illness community who give such support and friendship…and “get it”! Meeting with online Book Club friends at our annual birthday party was a treat.

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Mum and friends playing at 18 year olds!

I feel blessed to have found some kindred spirits this year at our EDS UK support group.

My furry friends – we have been blessed with some extra time with our elderly mutt, Sam, due to an understanding vet and painkillers (yes, for the dog!); but also our surrogate dogs, Chester who I love like my own, and Prince – both come round every week for walks with hubby and cuddles with me!

Dunc and Prince

Middle child and Chester

30 years on – meeting up with old school friends and feeling the years just slip away. Hopefully staying in touch….have already met up with one and his family.

Finally….staying with the old school theme, I feel very blessed as the Chair of our alumni committee to have been invited to some wonderful events (Henley, the school drama) including the beautiful Carol Service last night in the parish church. Talking to some of the parents and staff after, over mulled wine and mince pies, we all said that whether we were religious or not, it was a lovely way to start Christmas proper – putting aside the commercialism for just a short time and enjoying some true Christmas spirit. There just might be a bit more of this spirit at the pub next week when I go to the One Term On event, for the youngsters returning after their first term at university…..won’t be staying too long as this old bird might really cramp their style!!!

Henley

Why don’t you link up your blessings with Susie?

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Monday Magic – Christmas Blogs for You!

On Dec 11, 2017 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, Christmas, chronic illness1 Comment

We are now well and truly into the countdown for Christmas, PainPals, so it seems only right that Monday Magic for the next couple of weeks will become Christmas blog posts for you! Here in the UK the old song “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” is very true as a blanket of snow has enveloped great areas of the country. The snow here south of London hasn’t settled, but other parts of the country have ground to a halt with schools and Christmas markets closing, ice rinks shutting and grid lock on the roads. Those of you in other parts of the world accustomed to snow must look at us and laugh…..

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So it is bitterly cold – pretty awful for the nerve pain – the Christmas tree is bought and just about decorated and the outside lights are up…..but only half are working! Aghhh. This weather is pretty grim for us spoonies and believe me that the cold and damp really do make a huge difference to our ability to do things. Friends, please still ask us to parties and carol concerts, but don’t be too upset if we have to bail at the last minute. I for one will always get to a party if I can!! At the moment though the cold, nerve pain and spinal cord stimulator are doing a manic battle in my back and leg!

On a family note, for those who sent such lovely messages when I wrote about my lovely girl and her friends’ exams – she did really well and is so pleased. So fingers crossed for next summer. Meanwhile the art coursework takes priority….

I have really enjoyed reading some fantastic Christmas posts over the last few weeks and have pinned many. This is a selection of just a few – they vary from traditional recipes(check out the slow cooker hot chocolate – gorgeous), a Christmas book review, gift ideas for the family and for those with chronic health, ways to keep stress at bay and some classic Christmas movies. But to start off I’d like to direct you, with some mulled wine or cider in hand, to a Christmas limerick….enjoy!

https://www.judyedwinamartin.com/christmas-limericks-three-not-wise-men/

https://orianasnotes.com/2017/12/07/christmas-decor-inspiration/

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https://losingtheplotweb.wordpress.com/2017/12/09/gingerbread-house/

https://www.abbeymaelife.com/blog/holidaystressmanagement

https://veroniiiica.com/2017/12/04/visiting-holiday-lights-with-photosensitivity/

https://thekeeledeal.com/exhausted-parents-gift-guide/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes

https://www.solosophie.com/christmas-things-to-do-in-london/

http://edsjour.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/why-christmas-this-year-will-be.html?spref=pi

https://schoolrunshop.com/fight-festive-fatigue/

https://backpainbloguk.com/2017/11/24/christmas-and-acute-and-chronic-pain-sufferers/

https://www.thelatinanextdoor.com/2016/11/04/ultimate-christmas-movie-list/

https://www.playpennies.com/features/slow-cooker-hot-chocolate-167766

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http://leelslovesbooks.com/mistletoe-moonglow/

https://www.the11best.com/christmas-nail-art-ideas/#_a5y_p=4645297

https://emilylofgren.com/christmas-gift-ideas-chronic-illness/

As always friends and bloggers – please share the goodwill by liking, commenting and sharing these posts.

Have a great, warm week!

Claire x

Monday Magic – Inspiring Blogs for You! #Christmas #December

On Dec 4, 2017Dec 4, 2017 By Claire Saul (PainPalsBlog)In Blogging, Blogs, chronic illness9 Comments

Well here we are, friends, in December and I cannot believe just how the year has flown by. There are plenty of fantastic Blogmas posts that have begun to appear in the blogosphere, but I am resisting the urge to share just Christmas posts….yet!

We had our first Christmas night out last week with our local book club. My hubby Duncan and I meet with like minded friends once a month in the local pub and have a very informal, often funny, chat about the book that we have all read the previous month…..or not in the case of Duncan! Actually that’s probably not fair – sometimes other people haven’t read the book either!! No, seriously, he has read a couple in the past. Anyway this month – with a meal out being on the menu – we found ourselves accompanied by the eldest and yougest kids…..the middle one probably would have come too if he had not been at uni. I was worried that book club might think they were being overtaken by the Bendy family, but they were happy for the engineer and lovely girl to join us – particularly when the student engineer found a voucher for 30% off. He even chose the book for December – which I have purchased on audible in the hope that hubby might get to the end of it if he can listen whilst walking the dogs.

Well, maybe this old man won’t be walking! 15 years young, Sam is quite happy on his bed thanks!

Dunc and Prince

I was incredulous when in the space of 10 days I received two hospital appointment cancellation letters – one rheumatology and one cardiology. But then I had a CT scan appointment for my shoulder out of the blue scheduled the week before Christmas, NHS at 7.20pm. I had no idea appointments were ever scheduled this late!! Today I had a phone call for an orthopaedic appointment – so where I have lost two, I have gained another two…..don’t worry that they are different speciality.

Currently the student engineer is pacing the room ahead of a telephone interview/coding test this afternoon – and another with facebook later this week. The prospect of interviews and work in the real world are suddenly very real – so how does mum calm down a very nervous adult son, who seems to be talking in a foreign language when describing what is expected of him. I feel old!

Without further witterings, I introduce blog posts for this week. The first post from the lovely Angela is not a conventional wish list and it would be lovely if you would join in – please let Angela or me know what you are taking from her list! Sheryl’s December prompts on A Chronic Voice are listed below – again I look forward to reading your responses. For those in the UK don’t miss the post for reserving your ticket for the Bloggers Bash in London in the New Year – hope to see you there.

So for now sit down with your cuppa – or maybe you have started on the mulled wine – and enjoy some great blog posts!

http://angelanoelauthor.com/inspiration-motivation/all-i-want-for-christmas-a-wish-list/

http://www.fibrofantastic.com/24-days-fibro-fantastic-christmas/

https://www.jthreenme.com/10-unhealthy-mom-habits-that-must-stop-now/

https://wondermomwannabe.com/show-kindness-women-chronic-illness/

https://adventures-around-the-world.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/why-friends-are-so-important.html

https://www.achronicvoice.com/2017/12/01/december-prompts/

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https://www.thepaincompanion.com/blog/pathways-through-pain-remember-to-dream

https://thesickandthedating.com/2017/12/01/the-best-little-gift-guide/

https://brainlesionandme.com/2014/12/23/christmas-analogy-for-spoonies/

https://sachablack.co.uk/2017/12/03/bloggers-bash-tickets-on-sale-now/

https://www.happinessandfood.com/the-world-is-one/

https://foreverymama.org/christmas-shopping-guide-entire-family/

Please comment, like and share these posts. Have a lovely week,

Claire x

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