Managing my Spoons
This week has been an exercise in managing my spoons. And I still have a few days to go. What do I mean? Those of us with chronic illness are often known as "spoonies", based on an illustration by Christine Miserando. You should really check out the link and read it for yourself, but, basically, she uses spoons as a measure of how much energy a disabled person has available to them in a given day. We may not look sick, but our illness often limits how much we can do. What use