Tag: acceptance
member name: Pina M.
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October 07, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
When I was growing up in New York City in the 1960's and 1970's my parents taught me to accept and receive others for who they were as people first, and not by the color of their skin, their cultural . . .
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February 22, 2008 11:48 PM EST --
SICK: LIVING WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE AND FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, Part II
I am not entirely sure when all of this started. It's kind of like trying to figure out if the . . .
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February 23, 2008 10:34 PM EST --
CHRONIC ILLNESS AND THE FINE ART OF SAYING "NO"
They say "sorry" is the hardest word for many of us, but for me the word "no" has been my downfall. After . . .
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February 22, 2008 11:41 PM EST --
SICK: LIVING WITH CHRONIC FATIGUE AND FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME, Part 1
When you first look at me, you wouldn't believe or think that I am sick, just as you wouldn't know I am . . .
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October 08, 2006 06:25 PM EDT --
Our names signify our origins, our ancestry, and our identity. Our name is the first thing someone will learn about us after we meet, after which conclusions are drawn that may or may not be correct. . . .
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December 25, 2006 09:52 PM EST --
Christmas in my home was always weird, or at least that is how I perceived it to be when I was a kid. This isn't to say I didn't have good Christmases, get great presents, eat lovingly prepared . . .
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September 22, 2007 12:46 PM EDT --
In 1977/78, right after I lost the job at the lighting firm and started a new job two weeks later at a wing of New York's largest University . . .
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November 03, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
For 32 1/2 years I have dreaded the day I would turn the proverbial page of my life and finally come "full circle" to meet- head on - the embodiment of all my fears, the age of 52, . . .
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