UPDATE: Big Life Changes Abound since last Post

For all of you regular readers wondering why it's been so long since I last posted, lets just say my life has encountered some big changes.

I wrote a post several months ago explaining my chronic illness' effect on my marriage.  That issue has grown and I am now separated from my wife.  It's sad because I was just on the verge of another change which would have helped our relationship.  This other thing still came to be and now I am enjoying its benefit as a single man.

The other event is a new job.  I became employed in July at a physical therapy clinic where I work as a therapy aid.  My duties include helping therapists, patients and cleaning.

The clinic's owners are rich in love and faith and endeavor to allow God to use them as vessels for His purpose.

I also began attending a church near my home.  I really like the church and its people.  Our stated mission is to bring hope to the hopeless.

That said, at the clinic, one of our clients is in the process of becoming employed at the clinic as (among other things)  a blogger.  She's actually developed a name for a business and intends to do some great things inspite of being afflicted with Cerebral Palsy.  Here goal with her blog is to inspire and encourage folks with disabilities.

Anyway,  I, along with her speech therapist  recently started  assisting in her effort to set up a blog and I have been  giving her advice on writing (not that I am a great writer).

So you see, I have been quite busy.  

I wrote in a very recent post that blogging was therapeutic for me.  Little did I know my blogging knowledge and experience would eventually be used to help someone else; possibly in the same fashion.

Chronic Illness Blogger's Unexpected Benefit

What to write, what to write?  

It's getting more and more difficult thinking up topics to write about.  I suppose it has something to do with my improving outlook.

My intention here over the past few years had been to inspire as well as inform about my Protein Losing Enteropathy struggle.

My hope has been that visitors might learn something from my experiences.  Furthermore, since this chronic condition has caused me to become legally blind,  I've been able to expand the scope of my writing to include coping with this issue.

As I'm writing this post now, I'm struck by the realization that all the writing I did was therapy for me.  All those posts Id written were in effect therapeutic  journaling. 

If you are dealing with the effects of chronic illness, maybe this is something you should try.  

As I felt overwhelmed with pain and tests and hospital stays, I began writing about my experiences.  I was even able to inject some humor in many of my posts..  (Google, "Hospital Woes Overcome") to get a feel for what I was writing.

After writing such posts, I did feel better.  And, I know there are people out there who will benefit from my writings.  That said, there are people out there who need the encouragement that your thoughts (your words) can give them.

When I look back through this blog, I can't believe how personal many of my thoughts are.  Yet, I'm not ashamed or embarrassed. in any way.

Think about sharing   your  chronic illness struggles with others..  Think about your words and how they might help others.  If you focus on this  goal, you just might discover (as I had) that  you'll be helping yourself.