It’s so easy to take what we have for granted. To move through our days from task to task without thinking much about it. We have our to do lists, which often are never-ending. There always seems to be “just one more thing” that needs to be done. Something else always gets added to the list. So we drag ourselves through the day, rushing through everything. We find ourselves flopping into bed at night, exhausted and just done. Then you lie there in bed, a million things running through your mind. The very same lists of things that you are trying so hard to get finished during the day end up keeping you up at night. Then, finally, you drift off into a fitful sleep, only to wake up and start it all over again. So, how do we stop the cycle? When do we get to “stop to smell the roses?” To enjoy? To live and love and do the things that bring you joy? Well, I don’t have an answer for that, not yet. I’m searching for a way though. I’m determined to find it. When you live with this pain, this bloody stabbing, searing, shooting pain, well, it makes you look at your life. It makes the non-essential things fall away. It makes you see what you have, what’s important and what’s not. My family ends up at the very top of the list. I’m so very lucky and thankful for my family. I am loved and cherished. I am blessed🙏🏼

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health Topic List”!

Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!