Changes to Show Us Your Hands! Board
The Show Us Your Hands! Board of Directors regrets to announce that Eduardo Flores (RA Guy) has resigned from his position as President of the organization. From Eduardo’s idea to create a collage of inflammatory arthritis hands, to him co-founding Show Us Your Hands! with Lene Andersen and Cathy Kramer, and through us becoming an…
A Walk in the Woods
When we did the Walk to Fight Arthritis in early June, it was a big experience for a number of reasons. One of these was that I’ve always wanted to tromp through the woods in the Don Valley. Doing the Walk did not lend itself to stop and photograph the wondrous surroundings. Recently, The Boy…
Our Hands Can! Community Stories June 2014: Living Things
Show Us Your Hands! is launching an exciting new community program called the Picture Project. Every month, we ask people who live with inflammatory arthritis to take photos of their hands [involved in] doing something related to the month’s theme and post them on our Facebook page. The inaugural monthly Picture Project was this June…
Why Does Mommy Hurt? Giveaway Winner!
Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for a signed copy of Why Does Mommy Hurt? Helping Children Cope with the Challenges of Having a Caregiver with Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, or Autoimmune Disease, the new book by Elizabeth M. Christy. The winner is Kerry. Congratulations! Send me an email at landers5ATgmailDOTcom with your address and…
A Medical Adventure
“If I’ve had a heart attack, I’m going to be really pissed.” – Me, Monday at 3:35 PM Well, wasn’t that something! As such as ventures though, it was one I’d rather not have had, but since it apparently had to happen, the end result was a huge relief. Thought I’d put that in there…
5 Tips on Helping a Parent with Chronic Pain or Illness: A Guestpost & Giveaway by Elizabeth M. Cristy
Do I have a treat for you today! A wonderfully informative guest post by Elizabeth M.Christy’s a.k.a. The PotomacFalls Mama on what you can do to help that friend or member of your family who is parenting with a chronic illness. And! A giveaway of her excellent new book Why Does Mommy Hurt? Helping Children…
Turn It Down, Turn It Off.
What’s with the noise? More specifically, what’s with all the bloody music? As my range has increased, so has my perambulations around this wonderful city I call home. I’ve discovered new streets, beautiful buildings, little spots of quiet magic like the Trinity Square labyrinth, and it’s all been completely wonderful. Well, not entirely completely. Because…
Sugar Beach: an Oasis in the City
God save us from small minded people. Lately, there has been some debate from certain City Councillors, as well as in the newspapers and online, about the merits of Sugar Beach. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know about Sugar Beach and how I feel about it, but in case you’re…
A Walk on the Ptui, Part Two
Well, that took a while… A little over a month ago, I posted Part One of our adventures on the Ptui a.k.a. the Leslie Street Spit (hence the nickname). I fully intended to post Part Two within a week, but life and other adventures intervened. Part One was about the landscape of Tommy Thompson Park,…
