My Divine Life

A life/Crohn’s update...this is a long one so grab a snack and get comfy!  It’s been just over a year now since I was finally diagnosed with Crohn’s after 7+ years of suffering and not knowing why.  This year has been a serious roller coaster in every aspect and there is no way I would have made it through without my small circle of support and let me tell you, it is small.  Joe was trying to make me feel better about something the other day and told me I had a huge support system and a lot of people that care and in some ways, yes that’s true but in others it’s so far from it.  It’s easy to comment on a Facebook post and say the classics - “I’m praying for you” (but how many actually stop to say a prayer?? That’s something I started thinking about when I got sick because I was guilty of that very thing for a long time)  “I hope you get to feeling better” (Well Sally this is a LIFELONG thing...there is no get to feeling better so thanks for rubbing that in my face) and

This is how Deegan felt about starting the week. He just wasn't having it, but really that's everyday. Once we got up and around we decided to go out to the trail to walk and do some of the outdoor exercise equipment.  We didn't make it far, but its progress for me and it was fun!  After that we headed up to the Broken Spoke (A bar here in town) they were doing a little vender fair and my cousin and his wife were set up there so we stopped to visit for a minute. Once we got home from that we decided to ride the bike up to Des Moines and around. We took our time riding around and then finally settled on something for supper...I gotta admit its hard enough deciding what to eat but man on Sunday afternoon its even harder because so many things are closed! We were going to try a new Italian restaurant we rode by and had been talking about trying, We got in the parking lot and realized they were closed. So we settled on Pancheros, we used to eat here all