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Autoimmune Disease | Introspection | Life tips | Society and Culture

What is the spoon theory and is it really about spoons?

I became familiar with the spoon theory when I became chronically ill. It’s a handy diagnostic tool that helps someone with a long-term illness express in simple terms how much energy they have on any given day. It was developed by Christine Miserandino in 2003, when a friend asked her to describe what it was […]

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Autoimmune Disease | Introspection | Life tips

I want to tell you about my friend Brenna.

This post is over three times longer, and 1,000 times more vulnerable than my typical posts. Bear with me, dear readers, as I process a painful new reality. Before we became friends, I watched Brenna from afar with awe and wonder. She was confident, bold, smart, savvy. Like me, she wore glasses. But instead of […]

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Autoimmune Disease | Humor | Introspection | Life tips | Society and Culture

Confessions of a COVID Karen

Through my divorce and then my illness, I learned first that no matter how carefully I planned out my life, things could still go haywire, and second, that sometimes, if you just let things be what they are and trust the process they often (i.e. almost always) turn out better than you’d planned. It hasn’t […]

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What if I die? A Mother’s Journey Through A Pandemic

This is not the first time I’ve asked myself this question. It’s not the first time I’ve been scared. I have autoimmune disease. You can’t see it, but it’s always there, waiting for a moment of weakness, a worry, a stress or strain, a virus… Waiting to find something to wake it up. Waiting to […]

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Autoimmune Disease | Introspection | Life tips | Parenting

Strong, Smart, Brave

My seven-year-old has a lot of fears. And who can blame him? His whole life, the world has seemed like a very scary place. He got sick when he was nine months old, and never really got better until around his fourth birthday. He had four surgeries in four years. He had constant ear infections, […]

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crocuses growing on mountain
Autoimmune Disease | Introspection | Life tips | Parenting | Society and Culture

This is a scary time. And a beautiful time.

My boys are six years apart. In the old days, almost a month ago, they went their own way. The older brother would tolerate his younger brother for only so long before the squabbling began. The irritation of the older. The hurt feelings of the younger. The younger brother was always following just a few […]

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Sara Beth Wald

Sara Beth Wald is a freelance blogger and content writer with a passion for female empowerment. In addition to The Sara Beth Times, she is also the creator of Redefining Love, which seeks to teach people how to set boundaries and hold themselves and others accountable with love.

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