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UPDATE – Brittany Dangerfield
Quick correction: Brittany is not in the Mother and Baby unit. She is in General Care. — On to the Update! Scott says, “Brittany is still with us! I don’t say that lightly, but if you go to her instagram you can read the story posted.” She’s still battling intense migraines, and at one point even turned to Scott and said, “I wonder how many people commit suicide because of migraines?” This isn’t to show or say that Brittany is suicidal, Far from. It shows the empathy, compassion, and tenderness that she feels for all those who are impacted by migraines and the toll that it takes on a person’s…
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UPDATE on Brittany Dangerfield
Brittany is still in the hospital in the mother and baby unit – but she’s out of ICU! (Your countless prayers have sustained her and strengthened her!) Her vitals remain normal and stable, and her fever is staying down!!! She’s still in pain, and she continues to battle with migraines. She had a 6-hour reprieve, then the migraines returned. She has gained relief from migraines through religious administrations. A big battle right now is management of pain (non-migraine related). My personal note on pain: I don’t know how to explain this, but those of you who have experienced it will know what I’m talking about. To some degree I can…
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UPDATE: Brittany Dangerfield – ICU
Hello everyone, I am hopping onto my personal blog here today because both my IG accounts have either been hacked or flagged and shutdown while in the midst of starting and running a fundraising campaign for @brittanyannedanger. I have contacted IG support and await to hear from them! In the meantime, I will continue to post updates via my blog and Brittany’s Gofundme account. I am so proud of all of you for the amazing energy with which you are continuing to show love, give encouraging comments, offering prayers, sending food vibes, generously donating, sharing links and Brittany’s story, etc. I especially thank you all for your patience as I continue to…
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Healing Things I Did for My Birthday
Birthdays have always been a struggle for me. Not because I hate getting older, more wrinkly, or anything related to aging. It’s trauma. Trauma has touched every aspect of my life and attempted to suck the life out of every corner. Even birthdays. Last year I decided I didn’t want to just survive, or even strive through my birthdays and the associated trauma. I wanted to heal and thrive through my birthdays. I wanted to enjoy them. Last year I chose to intentionally make choices that would help change my experiences and feelings surrounding birthdays. I took a trip up to Montana and tried a few new things. From that…
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How I’m Living My Dreams
I’ve been pretty quiet and limited in my IG posts and stories again. But this time for good reason. I’m in London. Yes! I’M IN LONDON, FRIEND! As a young girl I remember hearing bagpipes and the feelings that washed over me made my heart swell and tears come to my eyes. Every. Time. I yearned and felt pulled to “go home” to the land of bagpipes, always feeling that tug when I heard the bagpipes. I remember the first time I heard an English (British) accent my heart again swelled and I felt longings to go to the land from where this beautiful accent comes. Fast forward to my…
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Paleo Hot Fudge – Smucker’s Healthy Twin
I’m a hot fudge girl. Always have been. When I found out I couldn’t eat sucrose I was devastated. I had to avoid Smucker’s hot fudge for the rest of my life. How could any girl live without an occasional (or daily) spoonful of “medicine”?! About a year after my diagnosis and figuring out my safe foods I realized I still needed chocolates, brownies, chocolate cake, and hot fudge. I was determined to get what I wanted without making myself deathly ill. I started experimenting. I tried everything. I mean, everything and every combination available on the store shelf or online (at the time). I finally found the sweet spot…
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Christmas Time Healing Time
I’ve been fairly quiet lately. Just a few stories, “likes”, comments, and DMs here and there on Instagram. My very first holiday season as an “official” adult was one of the most traumatic times of my life. I had left home one morning on my bike, planning to go to work, attend classes (my first semester of college), go to work again, and then do my nightly home and farm responsibilities. Little did I know that leaving that morning with just my bike, the clothes on my back, and half my textbooks would somehow result in me never stepping foot in my childhood home again. When the unexpected moment of…
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Surviving, Striving, Thriving
Have you ever felt like you’re standing at a crossroads in your life knowing and feeling with every cell in your body that you and God want to take the fork to the left? But you can’t see clearly? I’ve been feeling for a long time that I needed to become more active online, to share me, my story, my strength, and the hope and healing that I have – that God has give me. I’ve been terrified, filled with many fears and many reasons that had me stuck in inaction. After a lot of prayer, quiet, humble listening while reading the word of God, and gentle self-care, peace, clarity,…
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Adapting and Cashew Cauliflower Soup
As a senior in college I was tasked with teaching a little summer cooking class to middle school students whose parents couldn’t afford a babysitter over the summer while they went to work. These kids did not want to be there in the hot, stuffy school with a broken A/C being babysat by college kids practicing to become teachers. I knew my rotation was coming soon and I was struggling to create a curriculum on cooking. I had no idea where to start – there was SO much these kids didn’t know that I (a history teacher) could teach them about cooking. Cooking! My favorite hobby, obsession, and passion! Inspiration…
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Fighting v. Building
I feel like I’ve been at war with my own body since I was a teenager. It wasn’t the way my body looked that bothered me. It was anything that impacted my functionality and ability to perform physical/manual labor. My crooked, gnarly “grandma” fingers that ached every time I practiced the piano. Or the Raynaud’s that would flare and cripple my hands in the middle of an orchestra concert or piano recital. Painful knees. Yearly ankle sprains that landed me on crutches every.stinking.summer! Frequent viral, bacterial, and yeast infections. Incessant fatigue, exhaustion, and brain fog. Car accident. Labor and delivery trauma. Adult onset asthma. PPD. PMS. Plantar Faciitis. TMJ. Etc.!…
