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Healing Fibers Foundation Mission

Healing Fibers is a non-profit organization to encourage those who are Ability Challenged; those who are struggling with Illness, whether physical, emotional, or mental, including stress; and their Caregivers, to use Traditional Fiber Arts as a means of non-medical therapy, relaxation, to redirect the mind and to increase the feeling of productivity. The gentle art of using fiber can help to manage and control pain from on-going illness, or simply as a tool to settle the mind. Redirecting your mind and focusing on something productive can provide a much needed management tool. Sometimes the loss of being productive can be a particularly devastating aspect of becoming seriously ill. For me, Fiber Arts gave me a way to gain control of the pain and at the same time, find a way to be productive. This does not mean the pain is gone but I have learned through using Fiber Arts to channel that pain into something beautiful and productive. As I have slowly improved, I have been able to

The Slow Resistant Slide to Narcissism…

The wind has been roaring past my window for almost 36 hours now. When I say roaring, I mean gale-like winds. That is approximately the amount of time that I have been sitting in this single spot on the edge of my bed managing to sport only one quick treatment. When the pressure is dropping and the neuropathy is high, moving becomes painful and I try to remain as still as possible. I even taught school from this position today. Multiplication Tables are the order of the today's focus. Lynne knitting on the NYC Subway with Ben. For anyone who lives with a chronic disease, they will understand the title of today's blog. Whether you were a person who was already somewhat focused on yourself, or you were Mother Theresa incarnate before your illness, you will one day find you are becoming unintentionally consumed with self. In our defense, it is difficult to not to be unwillingly rerouted down this path. When you live daily with pain that never goes away

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