This is the one. (continued...)

Do you remember this post? I realize it was only a few weeks ago, but I haven't written in it since. What a dud. Sorry, cherished journal...I hope to get better.

I do have a very unique opportunity in journal writing, though. For those of you who don't know, I was diagnosed with lupus nearly 3 years ago. Since then my physical life has been somewhat of a roller coaster. There have been days I felt so good I thought I must be in remission, and there have also been scary days not worth reliving right now. Needless to say, only 1 out of 5 of you readers even know what lupus is, and even still don't realize the impact it makes on an individual's day to day living. So, being that May is lupus awareness month, I have decided to participate in a campaign that will increase public understanding of this disease. The Lupus Foundation is providing me with a 2 week journal in which I will record daily feelings and thoughts, all alongside the physical ramifications of living with lupus. The journals will collectively help raise awareness of the disease and a few authors will even be chosen as spokespeople for the campaign at large.

Perhaps I will blog a few of my entries so that even you, anonymous reader, will come to understand how lupus impacts my life, along with the lives of other millions of people living with it.

I'll end this by saying how grateful I am (even though that's sometimes hard to say) to be living with this. It is more and more a reminder that God's power works best in my weakness. My hope is that whatever limitation you have in life, that you cling all the more to God's grace to get you through. Less of us, more of Him, dear friends.