Kitt O’Malley

Tag: eczema

I am Ashamed

Nov 1, 2015

in Bipolar Disorder, Disability, Family, Health, Overwhelmed

I’m ashamed. Ashamed of the dust. Ashamed of the clutter. Ashamed that I do not, that somehow I cannot, bring myself to keep my house clean. This afternoon, as I sat working at our dining room table, my husband just touched the dusty lamp above me, and I started coughing, choking, asthmatic that I am. My son suffers…
Chronic Illness is Chronic Illness is Chronic Illness

Jun 5, 2015

in Acceptance, Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Depression, Migraine, Motherhood, Parenting

Chronic illness is chronic illness is chronic illness. I so wish that I had a magic wand that could make my son better, that would stop his migraines, asthma, eczema, allergies, depression, anxiety, GERD, and stop him from getting every single virus that comes to town. But, I simply cannot. I’ve taken him to numerous…