The Acceptance Project

06/05/2026

Education is Power!

06/05/2026

Breakfast of champs. I’m in my prescribed sodium era now. I didn’t choose the anti-inflammatory life it chose me. Forgot the salt in the first pic, but adding it back has been both a challenge and a necessity.

Living with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome/Dysautonomia means salt is basically part of the treatment plan. Who would’ve thought that a little mineral sitting on the dinner table could make such a difference in overall well-being? 🧂💛

Ps… Salt on Watermelon is effing amazing! Should have tried it years ago.

06/03/2026

I love to see this. Movement is life!

06/03/2026

Movement and being outside are very important to me. Because of Adhesive Arachnoiditis and dysautonomia, I don’t get to do it as often as I would like or push myself the way I used to, but some days I am able to—and I’m grateful for those days.

It was so nice to be outside with great company. I laughed more than I have in a very long time.

I did have to stop and rest midway, and I’m thankful I was able to refuel and keep going. Maybe one day I won’t be able to, but today is not that day.

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” — Matthew 6:34

I’m grateful for the strength I had, the laughter I shared, and the memories I made.

05/31/2026

I’ve never had beef with a cat before, but I promise we’ll go to war over this one, Mr. Not My Cat! 🌱🐱



There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not reminded of my chronic health challenges, but I’ve found peace in bringing a little of the outdoors inside my home. Caring for my plants gives me something beautiful to nurture and something hopeful to watch grow.

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven… a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.” — Ecclesiastes 3:1–2 ‭

05/27/2026

Living with Adhesive Arachnoiditis, dysautonomia, and the flare ups that come with them can be all consuming. There are moments when life feels really hard and honestly, it sucks.

AND there are also days when life feels a little less intense, the pain is more manageable, and I’m able to get up and water my plants.

In Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, there’s a concept called “the fear of absence” grieving the things we didn’t do or regret not doing. The hardest part is that sometimes it’s no longer just a fear, but a reality. That can make embracing acceptance, cognitive defusion, being present, and self as context feel like mountains to climb while I’m underground.

Some days, one breath at a time gets me to the next breath. Today, I am grateful because I can breathe, and I can be present. I am finally beginning to feel like myself again. I danced in my kitchen, sang aloud while watering my plants. My plants watered me today.

Friendships have been hard to maintain, and even acquaintances have become more distant. But by the grace of God, I was able to get up and water my plants… and baby, they look damn good.

“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” — Ecclesiastes 3:11

“If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.” — Ecclesiastes 11:3

05/10/2026

Happy Mothers Day, my daughter made me an early Mother’s Day meal. She is 15, bed of arugula, white rice, black beans, pulled pork, onions, pico de gallo, green peppers, cucumbers, beets hummus Bowl. Lightly seasoned with salt, sage, turmeric, and black pepper. It all tasted amazing, the cucumbers and peppers provided a very satisfying crunch.

Disclaimer- the pulled pork was the store bought premade from Food Lion, she added BBQ to her meat and turned them into sliders with a side of fried potatoes, with cheese.

We have been working on her learning how to cook more.

05/10/2026

Happy Mothers Day, my daughter made me an early Mother’s Day meal. She is 15, bed of arugula, white rice, black beans, pulled pork, onions, pico de gallo, green peppers, cucumbers, beets hummus Bowl. Lightly seasoned with salt, sage, turmeric, and black pepper. It all tasted amazing, the cucumbers and peppers provided a very satisfying crunch.

Disclaimer- the pulled pork was the store bought premade from Food Lion, she added BBQ to her meat and turned them into sliders with a side of fried potatoes, with cheese.

We have been working on her learning how to cook more.

05/08/2026

Living with chronic illness often means becoming fluent in contradictions “I don’t look how I feel.” Carrying pain quietly while still showing up, grieving what changed while nurturing what remains.

“Not looking like how you feel” can be isolating, especially when people measure wellness by appearance. And yet, creating gentleness for yourself, rest without guilt, boundaries without apology, joy in presence is part of what makes blooming where planted possible.

Acceptance … Sometimes it looks like adapting, listening to your body, and choosing compassion for yourself over constantly showing up for others. Even if it makes you look inconsistent, inconsiderate, and or whatever negative word fits. Chronic Illness is not seen But God, works in the unseen too.

Check out Ludii’s video.

05/08/2026

Living with chronic illness often means becoming fluent in contradictions “I don’t look how I feel.” Carrying pain quietly while still showing up, grieving what changed while nurturing what remains.

“Not looking like how you feel” can be isolating, especially when people measure wellness by appearance. And yet, creating gentleness for yourself, rest without guilt, boundaries without apology, joy in presence is part of what makes blooming where planted possible.

Acceptance … Sometimes it looks like adapting, listening to your body, and choosing compassion for yourself over constantly showing up for others. Even if it makes you look inconsistent, inconsiderate, and or whatever negative word fits. Chronic Illness is not seen But God, works in the unseen too.