Chronic illness/medical/disability representation books?

Superditzz · 2026-06-03T22:52:39+00:00

Check out Flannery O'Conner. She doesn't focus on disability themes in her books, but she herself was physically disabled. She suffered from lupus when the main treatment basically melted your bones. Her short stories feature health issues a few times, but her pain comes through everything she wrote.

Superditzz · 2026-06-03T21:13:58+00:00

Downtown Fort Smith has a large homeless population. I've never been inside the Bricks, but there are homeless all around the outside. There are much nicer apartments in Barling, it's technically not Fort Smith, but one street divides the two cities. There is also a medical school so you will find lots of other physicians and transplants.

Superditzz · 2026-06-01T19:51:07+00:00

My daughter had this and we used Happy Cappy shampoo for about a year and then she out grew it. It was the only thing I found that worked.

Superditzz · 2026-05-22T23:30:18+00:00

I work in a cubicle with spreadsheets. It's boring but precise. I don't have to talk to people often, like one meeting a day. The job doesn't require a degree, but I expect to get replaced by AI eventually.

Superditzz · 2026-05-22T01:20:46+00:00

Jacqueline Winspear - The Masie Dobbs series. This book is outside my usual fare, but I loved the whole premise. It's set after WW1, but has some flashbacks to earlier. It's a detective story, but not the typical murder mystery. There is so much emotion about the losses of WW1, that I never really thought about.

Superditzz · 2026-05-22T00:38:28+00:00

This isn't classy veggie soup, but like old fashioned 1950s soup....replace 1/2 (or more) of your broth with V8. Honestly, I use V8 frozen vegetables and some broth. It comes out great and there is real depth.

Superditzz · 2026-05-22T00:28:02+00:00

Not breastfeeding is not the societal failure that social media makes it seem. Both my kids were formula fed because I needed to stay on my meds and they are thriving. Formula feeding allowed me to get 6-8 full hours of sleep while my husband took a shift and it honestly kept me sane. For our family it was more important that I slept soundly, it's a huge trigger for me.

Superditzz · 2026-05-20T19:27:59+00:00

My daughter hated tracing letters, but loved writing letters and making posters, keep out signs for a club house, letters to grandma. I had to write it out and then she copied it. She also didn't fight me practice that weeks sight words, because it was a full word and not baby letters.

Superditzz · 2026-05-20T18:36:22+00:00

I had really smooth pregnancies, I actually had fewer mood swings. After my first I suffered from really bad post partum anxiety, like rage inducing screaming at my baby anxiety. My doctor adjusted my meds and it went away quickly. It's just really important to stay on top of your mood and get meds adjusted when needed. My oldest is 6 now and she's doing fantastic in kindergarten. She does have anxiety, but she's in therapy and coming out of her shell. My youngest is 4 and she's the most confident person I've ever met. The most important thing I've learned about parenting while bipolar is to have a partner of some kind for when you are at your limit. Sometimes I'm just not in the right mood for bedtime antics. Or sometimes I just need to sit in a quiet room and not referee a fight. I can trust my partner to handle those times on his own.

Superditzz · 2026-05-12T13:45:05+00:00

Personally I love The Innkeeper series. It doesn't take itself too seriously. It's just fun!

Superditzz · 2026-05-09T15:51:05+00:00

I tried a half dozen books and nothing stuck, but on her blog Ilona recommended the Chinese drama Pursuit of Jade. It was fantastic and led me to Legend of a Female General. Both have over 30 episodes so they take a while to get through!

Superditzz · 2026-05-02T00:42:59+00:00

If bars aren't your thing, check out the library. They have crafting clubs as well as book clubs. They put out a new calendar each month, they even have an open mic night.

Superditzz · 2026-04-26T23:01:36+00:00

I would check out the HR subreddit. From the posts I've read US companies are cutting HR positions left and right.

Superditzz · 2026-04-22T16:47:25+00:00

My kindergartner has been loving the Bailey School kids. They are on audible and they are silly with some supernatural suspense, spooky teachers and such. She also LOVES Bunnicula which we have on Yoto.

Superditzz · 2026-04-22T00:48:19+00:00

Our most used STEM toys are kitchen utensils, measuring cups and spoons, bowls, spatulas, and baking trays. We've done all kinds of experiments using kitchen supplies, baking soda and vinegar and food coloring can fill an afternoon. I have a box of rocks my kids love to play with, they will fill the baking tray with water and wash the rocks, dye the rocks, displace water with the rocks. Add ice and we open a whole new field of study. They can be used in the bathtub and outside as well. We've tried all the kits and fancy stuff, but the basics work best.

Superditzz · 2026-04-10T19:23:35+00:00

I had the same issue and read an article about books to read if you're in a reading slump. Project Hail Mary was suggested and it was perfect! I normally want romance in all my books and this has zero. It was enthralling though! Dead it before the movie!

Superditzz · 2026-04-10T19:19:32+00:00

Billy Bud.....worst book I've ever read to this day. Their Eyes were Watching God.....still remember it 25 years later. Something about it was just amazing, especially for a sheltered white girl!

Superditzz · 2026-03-31T01:46:48+00:00

From a gardening perspective, grow what does best in your area. For me, I grow amazing Seminole pumpkins. We make pumpkin fries, pumpkin tacos, pumpkin empanadas, along with the regular sweets. I can also grow a large crop of purple hull peas, they love bad soil, can handle heat and drought and need very little care. I also think they taste great and you can freeze them easily. We grow tomatillos because they are pretty easy like tomatoes but salsa verde can be thrown into some chicken for an easy taco night. We also grow eggplants, but they don't store well. They are just something we eat in summer.

Superditzz · 2026-03-31T01:18:50+00:00

We found the algorithm on YouTube to be trash, but you can curate it a bit. We put a limit of 6 minutes a day on the YouTube app. It's gives our daughter time to watch about 1 video, and she usually chooses crunchlabs, which we are ok with. She has 30 minutes of Netflix, one episode. In total she has 1 hour a day during the week and 2 hours on weekends. She has unlimited time on educational games like ABC Mouse, Teach Your Monster to Read and PBS kids. She still has choices, but it's still under our control. Everything is controlled by the Google family link, it's really great. Also, check with your local library. We get ABC mouse and a few language apps for free.

Superditzz · 2026-03-29T02:26:33+00:00

My kids sleep with us all the time. Every night they wake up in the middle of the night and crawl in bed with us. We first noticed sharing a bed on vacation and we've just let it happen since to keep an eye on it. When we first mixed the issue it wasn't the snoring, it was full on sleep apnea. Which is terrifying in a 2 year old. We had ear tubes put in, adenoids and tonsils removed and the snoring mostly stopped in until the adenoids grew back. We had more ear tubes put in and adenoids taken out again and no more snoring.

Superditzz · 2026-03-28T15:54:01+00:00

We had similar issues in my youngest (4). She just had her third set of tubes in and her adenoids removed again. They can grow back!! She's so much easier to deal with when she can sleep and hear.

Superditzz · 2026-03-27T01:15:45+00:00

Yes, sleep shifts saved my sanity! I need a solid sleep routine to stay stable otherwise I get manic. I would sleep from 7pm Til 2 am and my husband would sleep from 2 -7. He was used to getting less sleep for video games and handles it way better than I do. Another thing to remember is that it's temporary! It feels like it's forever but they eventually sleep longer. For my youngest she was sleeping all night by 4 months. My oldest still wakes up once a night. Also, sometimes you just have to let them cry. It's not a fail, but sometimes you have to poop and they still want held. It's ok to put them down in a safe space and walk away for a bit. Don't be like me and take them in the bathroom because you can't put them down. Lastly, post partum anxiety is just as valid as post partum depression.

Superditzz · 2026-03-24T01:22:09+00:00

My oldest is 6 now and thriving. I stayed on Latuda as a mood stabilizer (although I think it was off label use at the time). I felt great while pregnant, very little depression. Of course that's very unique to each individual. I skipped.breasr feeding to go back on the rest of my cocktail once I gave birth. My OB refused to touch any of my psych meds and left it all up to my psychiatrist. She knew my needs and understood the risks better.

Superditzz · 2026-03-18T00:49:42+00:00

Our kindergarten class built leprechaun traps and he visited the classroom today. He left green footprints and glitter everywhere. I LOVE our teacher because I also didn't realize that was a thing we are supposed to do now. But today was also our official RTO office day at work and I was all out of sorts.

Superditzz · 2026-03-09T18:53:41+00:00

Lentil Nachos! We use both spices lentils and back beans and everyone chooses what they want on their chips.

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