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Statistics show that nearly 1 in 2 people in the USA have a chronic condition and that 96% of it is invisible.
So what is an invisible illness? All kinds of conditions! Multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, autism, migraines, chronic back pain, cancer, endometriosis, eating disorders, and yes... mental illness and depression. There is no sign of the illness existing, nor (at least not until the debilitating stages) the use of an assistive device like a cane or a wheelchair.
National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, September 8-14, 2008, is an outreach to increase awareness that living with an invisible illness can be emotional challenge—as well as physical—and that more people than we would imagine are suffering silently.
Respondents answered the survey at www.invisibleillness.com and reported the following other annoying comments people tend to make:
“Your illness is caused by stress.” (14.22%)
“If you stopped thinking about it and went back to work…” (12.42%)
“You can’t be in that much pain. Maybe you just want attention.” (10.95%)
“Just pray harder.” (9.15%)
Believe me, we wish it were that easy.
Join me in prayer for the 133 million sufferers of invisible illness in America and the countless others worldwide. Our strength, our hope is Jesus Christ the son of the living One True God.
Are you a sufferer of an invisible illness? So am I. I have dermatomyositis, interstitial lung disease, and Raynaud's Phenomenon. Leave me a comment and let me know how I can pray for you!
Wow, I always envisioned my 100th post being something exciting. If nothing else, just a post about it being my 100th! Instead, I'm asking for prayer for my husband's father and grandmother.
This morning, my FIL was taken by ambulance to the hospital. He had some chest pains and passed out. In the hospital, they gave him 3 nitro to stop the pain. He may have cracked or at least bruised his ribs in the fall, but he's doing a bit better now. They're keeping him for tests.
This week, my FIL's mother (the only living grandparent for my husband and I) was diagnosed with PAD (peripheral atherosclerotic disease) and may have to have one or both feet amputated someday. She's also in congestive heart failure.
So, if you'd lift them up in prayer, we'd appreciate it!
Tonight was our church's annual Back to School Prayer Service. Does your church do one? If not, you should suggest it! What a great way to begin the school year!
Our church comes together in praise and prayer and music and worship for all the children going back to school (public, homeschooled, college) and all the educators (preschool through college and including homeschooling parents) and all the adminstrators, workers, staff, etc. of any educational institution.
Prior to service or early in the service, everyone writes on a postcard the name of a child they wish to be prayed for. At a designated time during the service, everyone comes forward and places those cards in a basket and they are prayed over. Several times between songs, we pray.
What an uplifting time! As a I said before....what a great way to start the new year!
Just a reminder to everyone to get outside tonight to watch the Perseids. They have been sporadic for a couple weeks and will be sporadic for a couple more, but TONIGHT! Tonight is the height of the shower!
The best time will right before dawn tomorrow morning, so set your alarms! Another good time will be around 9 p.m. tonight, when the slower (but less frequent) "earthgrazers" will skip through our atmosphere. Setting your alarm for a couple hours before dawn and getting away from lights is your best bet and will offer the most reward when you can see dozens, maybe even hundreds, of meteors. Look to the NE skies, near the Perseus constellation.
Here's one of my favorite shots of this barrel racer. She made every contesting event look effortless......her and her horse were one. It's no wonder she took a lot of blue home with her!
I happened to be up in the announcer's stand when she started. This barrel is under the announcer's window, and when I saw her coming, I snapped this shot.
One of our 4H moms decided to get in on the mounted games' fun! What a photo finish to her run! She gets through the "gate" at almost a full run and the horse rears, spins, and comes back down at a stop...without knocking a pole down. What a run!
This young lady had to fight a bit to get her horse under control, but she managed to do so without falling off.
Dust if you must, but there's not much time, with rivers to swim and mountains to climb, music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and life to lead.
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I've finally bitten the bullet and set up a blog! I'd like keep better track of what we do. I never seem to get a diary going, so we'll try this!
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I'm Mom to two beautiful girls, one is 10, the other is 8. We've named our little homeschool in the Appalachian foothills: Anchored in Christ Academy. We use literature-based unit studies from Five in a Row and HomeSchoolShare.com. We have just begun our 6th year of homeschooling.
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