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My Chronic Pain Battle Part III: The Cat Came Back the Very Next Day

2016-01-09 aprilmomoffour chronic pain, psoriasis, stress

My Battle with Chronic Pain Part III: The Pain Returns It reminds me of that song: “The cat came back the very next day; it just couldn’t stay away.” Life was going well, and I was on cloud NINE, being finished with my very first year of home schooling! Wahoo! Summer! I made big plans. But why wouldn’t I? I was young and healthy. I should be able to handle a cross-country flight and a few short road trips. Right? […]

The Christmas Miracle, Followed by My Great Christmas Crash

2015-12-26 aprilmomoffour 4 kids, Christmas, parenting, vacation

Almost two weeks ago, I set out with my four boys to fly from California to Georgia for Christmas. We managed to arrive in one piece, with all of our luggage, but that was not the miracle. Or maybe that was also a miracle. ha! As I shepherded the four of them, plus myself, our five back-packs, and countless electronic gadgets through the security machines, we followed the rules very nicely, and I counted the heads of my children 300 […]