Good Morning all....

Good morning friends...
I have had a tough week, but I'm working on getting back to feeling better and really focusing on my health. I'm a fighter and I don't give up. Just good and bad days like everyone else.
Yes, I posted a pic of my babygirl Jaz and I. Today is her 1st Birthday (She's so stinkin rotten). She's a mess  but it's what makes her personality so cute!! lol
2 weeks until school starts. I can't believe Dev will start Kindergarten and Taylor will be a Sophmore. Wow does time fly.I'm actually ready to back on a  set schedule with the boys.
That's it for now......I hope everyone has a beautiful and blessed day.

Much much love,
Kristi

It's Tuesday Ya'll ;-)

It's Tuesday!!

Well, I'm off to the pain Dr. this morning with new issues since I saw her last (imagine that lol) so I'm hoping she can help!

I have set up the first meeting for the "FIBRO SISTERS" support group at the end of August and I couldn't be more excited!! It's definitely something I have been praying about for some time and it is something I feel we need locally. 

I actually don't have much to say this morning and to those that know me, doesn't happen often! lol. 

I hope everyone has a beautiful & blessed day.

Much Love,

Kristi

Save money & create original things like no one elses!

Good Sunday morning!! Anyone that knows me, knows I'm a single Mom to 2 boys and not able to work due to my health. You learn to be thrifty & make your money stretch. Not only that, you get different & original things as opposed to going to a store & purchasing things like every other person has. I get a lot of my ideas from Pinterest, but tend to change them up just a bit. I think if I had the money to go buy new things, I would still want and need (I've definitely discovered my creative side) to have those originals! 

HOPE....

Good morning friends!!! I found this quote this morning & had to share. "HOPE" is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words & never stops at all.....Emily Dickinson. Hope is something I hold onto every single day of my life. So much so, that I have a tat of the word tattooed on my foot above my purple ribbon for Fibromyalgia awareness. I am so excited about the Fibromyalgia Support Group I am working on. It's all coming together & have already had a few that have told me it's a great idea & they would love to be a part of it!! Anyway, I am constantly working on Fibromyalgia Awareness & being an ear to those that need me to vent or just discuss our daily aches and pains. My next few posts are gonna be about something I am not able to do as much as I would like to or used to, but I LOVE TO CRAFT!! I'm very thrifty (a single Mom)and going to share some of things I find & create! :-) I hope you all have a very beautiful & very blessed day!! Much Love, Kristi

How awesome!!!

Good morning!! I have been awake since 2:45 (thanks to my baby girl, Jaz, barking needing to go potty). I wake up ea allch and every morning in prayer. I always begin with prayers for my kids and family. I know so many people, friends & family), who are suffering with an illness, money stretched so tight that they don't know how to get by until their next paycheck, depressed and in pain. I have my good days & bad days just like everyone else, BUT when GOD reveals something to you it gives you such a peace. He has really been working in my life. I have been praying for him to tell me why I have been given all these health issues & what is his purpose for me. Well, when he tells you HE TELLS YOU!! I have had so many messages from people either newly diagnosed with Fibromyalgia or have been suffering and need advice and just someone to talk to. I know this is what I'm supposed to be doing, reaching out in anyway I can to each and every person I can. At one time before my symptoms worsened (which I'm a firm believer through lots of research), that Fibromyalgia does progress), I wanted to go to school to be a counselor. I wasn't sure what type of counselor, just knew it's what I wanted to do. If I can share everything I have been through and it help even just one person, it gives me such a sense of understanding why I have experienced it all.
I really feel there needs to be more awareness of Fibromyalgia & I'm working on researching and reaching out to those who might be interested in a Support Group in my community. If I have to start it in my Parent's Home (where my boys & I live), then I will do it!

Much love & peace to you all....

Kristi

Fibromyalgia Awareness

I was so glad I was able to make it to church on Sunday. I was in some pretty bad pain & used my cane (which hurts my arms-they bother me the most), but I was able to make it through the whole service! The title of the sermon Pastor Rick preached on was "Things Happen". The scripture was Romans 8:28 ²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose. You know when you have Chronic Pain, you wake up some days and think "Why me? I want to be the person I used to be & be able to do more things like the good ol" days". Hearing this sermon, God spoke to me. I feel God is calling me to educate people, start a support group in my community & to just bring awareness to each and every person I can about exactly what Fibromyalgia is and how it affects those of us who suffer from it each & every day of our lives. I believe with everything in me, a cure is close & I keep that HOPE alive every day. 

Just little ol' me!!

Hi there! My name is Kristi Luman Lora. This is just a shortened version of my life growing up. I was born in Dallas & raised in Mesquite, Texas. My parents raised my brother and I in the best Christian environment. We had such a happy home life & always ate dinner together every night & took more Family Vacations than you could imagine! I grew up with all the same friends & continued those friendships until High School. When I was a sophmore, I started hanging out with the wrong crowd & went down a very self destructive path. Boy, was I rebellious!! I will get into all that another time.
I have 2 beautiful & handsome sons of my own Taylor, 15 and Devin, 5 and they are my whole world!!! :-)