#IBDNinja: Crohn’s & Colitis Awareness Week

This week (December 1-7) is Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week. It was started by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America and passed by the U.S. Senate in November of 2011. This is the first time I’ve participated because I didn’t know it existed until a few months ago. I’ve pondered and pondered about how I want to participate and…

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Trees: A Guest Post from Jacklyn

This week’s blog post comes from Jacklyn from FlareupHope.com. In honor of Caregiver Month, I have asked her to blog about support. If you haven’t yet, please check out her blog and follow her on Twitter (@flareuphope). She’s super sweet and friendly… Not to mention beautiful!!! Jacklyn from FlareupHope.com shows us her “Tree” pose!!! I’ve been attempting to write…

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Who are YOUR heroes?

“He knows a hero when he sees one. Too few characters out there, flying around like that, saving old girls like me. And Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people. Setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names. And years later, they’ll tell how they…

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Caregiver Awareness Month

“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” –Winnie the Pooh November is caregiver awareness month. Those of us with Inflammatory Bowel Disease have all had caregivers to some degree at one point or another. Husbands, wives, Moms, Dads, siblings, grandparents, nurses and doctors; they’ve all been caregivers and helped us get though some of our darkest…

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