The theme for this years’ Mental Health Awareness week is ‘kindness’. 18-24 MAY 2020. People often wonder how Adenomyosis sufferers say they go through mental health issues. When a person goes through anxiety, stress and depression among other things, they are going through mental health. Let me explain using myself. When my body goes through pain, the pain that builds up in my insides manifests on…
A lot of people go through one trial or the other, for some, it is struggling to be a part of and settle into the environment or society they live in. A young man decided he would find a way to unite as many people as he could within his community and today, he shares with us all about what he and his team are doing…
During prayer meeting via zoom on Friday, 1st of May, we were asked to pray for a lady who had lost one of her eyes from domestic violence and was to undergo a surgery. This hit me really hard as I had seen on the 29th of April 2020, Sun newspaper sharing horrific photos of women in domestic violence with 14 killed during the lockdown as…
Hello there, Welcome to the month of May, another month with us still indoors and wondering when this pandemic will come to an end. I don’t know about you, but I have gotten to a point I really want to return to my normal routine, though I bet one week into our regular daily routine, we would start to complain. (Typical human way of processing things…
I woke up yesterday with someone on my mind. I had planned to ring her up but got engrossed with course work and totally forgot. Later in the afternoon, she sends me a message on whatsapp, I felt so guilty and called her immediately. I was shocked to find out she had been ill for almost a month. She had been so ill that her speech…
Looking out the window and watching people jogging and walking their dogs, I ask myself when I would be 100%. Been in pain for a week and having severe period pains in the last three days, I have barely moved around much. Adenomyosis leaves me in so much pain and discomfort I sometimes wonder what it would be like not having any pain at all. Last…
As a new month begins its countdown, I wonder what it has in store for us. I personally, as an adenomyosis warrior, is staying safe, holding on to my faith and keeping my body as healthy as possible. We began the year with so many dreams and aspirations only for a virus to bring the entire world to its knees. What has become a pandemic was…
Welcome to iSparkleNow blog. My name is Alero, I love to encourage and inspire people who are going through difficult and trying times, letting them know they cannot give up and that they have loads of reasons to keep pushing and keep going.
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