I began writing when I was five. I wrote my first full-length novelette when I was eleven and over the years I have written numerous short stories, poems and mini novels. But, my crowning achievement is a memoir about my struggles growing up with eczema, a disease of the skin.
It has taken me two years to write this memoir but through all the ups and downs, tears and sorrow brought on by looking back; I am glad I decided to write this book.
Nothing is more rewarding than looking into your past to get a clearer picture of your present and future.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Love Always
There are times in all our lives when we think no one will ever love us. Over the past two weeks, my faith in love has been renewed. There is someone in God's huge world that will love each and everyone of us. There's a "special" someone waiting for us all.
On a recent trip to San Diego, I met the most phenomenal couple that re-established my hope and trust in LOVE. They were first time participants at the National Eczema Association conference and from the moment I introduced myself, we became fast friends.
I was honored to learn of the almost ten year marriage and even more honored to witness the unconditional love and tender moments of affection exchanged between the two.
I had come to believe that no one could love me unconditionally because of my eczema and the scars that still remain. The right person will.
First, I love myself unconditionally and second I accept God's time frame for love for me. By loving myself, I will be more prepared when the love of my life shows up. I struggle sometimes with looking into the mirror because I don't like the body that I'm currently in. So, this next week I've rededicated myself to loosing the unwanted weight and sculpting my body into the chiseled force that use to be.
It's hard being alone but it's harder forcing an issue that will turn out disastrously, so as the old saying goes, "patience is a virtue." Self-love is a blessing. And I love myself once again. I realize when my love for self begins to wain, I abuse my body with unhealthy food, missed workouts at the gym and I adapt a dangerous sedentary lifestyle that leads to depression and no motivation.
Never give up hope on love, never give up really LOVING yourself and never give up treating your body as the temple that it is, because body dysmorphia and distortion are real illnesses and one has to be very aware or the old habits will creep back in and wreck havoc.
Do you "Love Always?"
On a recent trip to San Diego, I met the most phenomenal couple that re-established my hope and trust in LOVE. They were first time participants at the National Eczema Association conference and from the moment I introduced myself, we became fast friends.
I was honored to learn of the almost ten year marriage and even more honored to witness the unconditional love and tender moments of affection exchanged between the two.
I had come to believe that no one could love me unconditionally because of my eczema and the scars that still remain. The right person will.
First, I love myself unconditionally and second I accept God's time frame for love for me. By loving myself, I will be more prepared when the love of my life shows up. I struggle sometimes with looking into the mirror because I don't like the body that I'm currently in. So, this next week I've rededicated myself to loosing the unwanted weight and sculpting my body into the chiseled force that use to be.
It's hard being alone but it's harder forcing an issue that will turn out disastrously, so as the old saying goes, "patience is a virtue." Self-love is a blessing. And I love myself once again. I realize when my love for self begins to wain, I abuse my body with unhealthy food, missed workouts at the gym and I adapt a dangerous sedentary lifestyle that leads to depression and no motivation.
Never give up hope on love, never give up really LOVING yourself and never give up treating your body as the temple that it is, because body dysmorphia and distortion are real illnesses and one has to be very aware or the old habits will creep back in and wreck havoc.
Do you "Love Always?"
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