Category: The Next Chapter
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What do you do when the options run out?
Ever feel lost? Like so lost you just don’t what to do? I’ve survived a lot of health issues. A lot of near-death health experiences. So many things that could have/ should have taken me out. But they didn’t. I survived them all. But why? Some say you’re meant to be here. You’re meant to […]
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Not a girl, Not yet a woman
Hey there! Remember me? It’s been so long since I’ve posted on here and I know some newbies are following. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOU GET ME THROUGH EACH DAY! So, I will reintroduce myself. Because truthfully, I am meeting the new me too. 😉 I’m Bridget. My illness is chronic, but I’m […]
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new year. same shit.
My mind is BLOWN 🤯 It’s 2021!! and this little one just celebrated her SIXTEENTH birthday! My niece arrived in this world mere days before I received my second (failed) kidney transplant. Now she’s sixteen?!?! WTF. Excuse me, I’m sixteen (well, at least in spirit and sometimes – maturity). How can this be so? It’s […]
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A WHOLE NEW WORLD
I’m finally doing it. I’m finally sitting my butt down and WRITING. A. NEW. POST. Phew… Getting that first sentence down is a HUUUGE step for me. Apologies for my prolonged absence. I feel like life is crazy… as it is for all of us. You start with the best intentions. Yet, somehow, you never […]
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NephCure Fundraising Walk April 2019
I’m getting back to my fundraising roots (remember when I was a political fundraiser for four years?!) and taking ACTION! Next month, APRIL 7th– to be exact, NephCure *the organization dedicated to fighting and searching for a cure for FSGS & Nephrotic Syndrome* is hosting a FUNDRAISING WALK IN LOS ANGELES! I have started a […]
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DATING THE CHRONICALLY ILL (PART 2)
Once I was out of college and starting my career I did feel close to ‘normal’ and most people I met had no idea what I’d been through, and that’s just how I liked it. So… I dipped my toe into the dating world. Starting slow, I went on a few dates. I […]
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DATING THE CHRONICALLY ILL (PART 1)
I don’t know a lot of people whose partners legitimately worry about them dying. Sure, in the abstract you think or talk about it. In your vows you say ‘in sickness and in health’ assuming the health part will be dominant and hopefully the sick part will never happen…. Or if it does it will […]
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SUMMER LOVING
Where do I start… Well, let’s just say this has been one hell of a summer. It has been over two months since my last post and a lot has happened since then. This has been a summer of: LOVE… LOSS… HEARTBREAK… SELF DISCOVERY… TEARS… LAUGHTER… JOY… …and finally, a renewed sense of purpose, self […]
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FINDING THE LIGHT
Depression. Anxiety. Suicide. These have all been in the news cycle recently due to the recent deaths of some major celebrities. We’re having a conversation about mental health. Finally! My only hope is that we continue this conversation. We shouldn’t have to have it shoved in our faces to see the problem. Depression is a […]
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SAYING YES
I am so grateful… for a super supportive family, for the roof over my head, for clothes on my back, for the medical care I’m able to receive… Without all of this, I’d never have the chance to soak up every last drop of life. Most of all though, I’m grateful for my freaking […]
Chronically Bridget 