Britt.Britt & All That Entails

Dearly Beloved, We are gathered here today to get through this thing called Life.

[victorious]

Reblog this and money will be entering your life this week

[victorious]

Reblog this and money will be entering your life this week

[atl-definedbody]

Just doing what i was told

[ayeerell]

🤤🤤🤤

[g-g500]

🤑

[buttalicious602]

💲💲💲💲

[av3n]

[crystalqueer]

DMX singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer is the only way to kick off the holiday season.

[chronicallyinvisible]

you know what’s totally fucked about having a chronic illness is if you haven’t tried literally every possible treatment under the sun then you’re seen as having given up and not trying hard enough to get better. doesn’t matter if you’ve already tried 300 known treatments, spent tens of thousands of dollars on trying to get better; if you haven’t tried the latest herbal supplement milked from a rare tree in the depths of the Amazon jungle then you’re not trying hard enough.

[andlifemovesonn]

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

Please reblog, this is so important.

[notoriousthuggg]

I needed this

[amuseinherfeels]

Is this foreal?

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

Yes it’s a real service. I do volunteer work for a rape crisis support service in my city and texting is one of the features we provide as well. But just to boost its credibility, I tried it myself:

[thatdiva]

reblog to save lives!

[espressokisses]

You can also text “Steve” to 741741 if you’re a young person of color. The website for more info is stevefund.org

My understanding is that it’s more multicultural and some folks feel more comfy with that in mind!

[miseducatedmelanicmuse]

^^^^^THIS

[asigrow]

I wish I had a poetic way of saying I’m fucking tired of being in pain. This week has been of the worst flares since 2015. Not really sleeping, back on the Boost diet, no energy, and radiating pain from head to toe, back to my head. I want to eat food and actually enjoy it. I want to be comfortable in my skin. I want to be able to move at a regular pace -- not that of a dehydrated slug. I want to make plans and not have to take a rain check. I want to not feel guilty about having to miss days at work. I want to wake up and not be in pain. 

[madtomedgar]

HEY GUESS WHAT HAPPENED TODAY

The House of Representatives voted in favor of destroying key provisions of the ADA to allow businesses to continue, penalty free, to remain inaccessible, possibly indefinitely.

All y’all who like to talk about ableism on here and are eligible to vote in the US:

call your senators. Tell them no on 620. Tell them why accessibility and the ADA matter to you. 

[princess-stabbity]

Washington Post: House passes changes to Americans With Disabilities Act over activists’ objections

Newsweek: House Votes to Gut the Americans With Disabilities Act to Nip ‘Abusive Lawsuits’

[madtomedgar]

Now with citation! (thank you!)

[stubborn-string-bones]

accessible background info + supports and alternatives for calling your senator (written before the house vote, with a new statement here)

find your senator’s contact info here

[ohbutwebestmakepeacewithit]

[peanuhbutta-deactivated20190428]

RIP TRAYVON MARTIN

This should have Millions of Notes

[playboydreamz]

TRAYVON MARTIN YOU WERE LOVED AND UNDERSTOOD BY MANY! 

[hoes-nd-clothes]

Hoodies Up. Rest Your Soul Trayvon. I Pray That One Day You Get The Justice You Deserve.

[asigrow]

Happy birthday, Trayvon. 

[positivity-in-pain]

[starlightomatic]

a jewish kid was murdered by a nazi last week in california and almost none of the articles about it are mentioning that he was jewish or that his murderer was a nazi

[starlightomatic]

he was taken into the woods by someone he thought was a friend and killed. hits pretty close to home bc multiple relatives of mine, including my great-great-grandfather, were taken into the woods by their own neighbors and killed during the holocaust

[ayellowbirds]

Jewish and openly gay. This article is the most frank about it that i’ve seen.

[notallfay]

This is why it is 100% okay to punch a Nazi in the face, because they do literally want people dead.

[asigrow]

Day 30

List two verses that mean a lot to me personally. 

Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8

   There is a time for everything,    and a season for every activity under the heavens:    a time to be born and a time to die,    a time to plant and a time to uproot,    a time to kill and a time to heal,    a time to tear down and a time to build,    a time to weep and a time to laugh,    a time to mourn and a time to dance,    a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,    a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,    a time to search and a time to give up,    a time to keep and a time to throw away,    a time to tear and a time to mend,    a time to be silent and a time to speak,    a time to love and a time to hate,    a time for war and a time for peace.

Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the mountains—

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot slip—

he who watches over you will not slumber;

indeed, he who watches over Israel

will neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord watches over you—

 the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

the sun will not harm you by day,

 nor the moon by night.

The Lord will keep you from all harm—

he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore.

[asigrow]

Day 29

In what area do I need to improve self-discipline?

Short answer? All of them.

Realistic answer? Getting to the finish line. Setting a goal, staying focused on it, and completing it. 

[asigrow]

Day 28

If I could have any celebrity chef prepare a dinner for me, who would it be?

Chef Resha.

[asigrow]

Day 27

List a park in my town I haven’t been too and write the day I plan to go on my calendar. 

Umm, so I don’t know much about the parks around here just yet. Considering it’s also winter, I don’t plan on going to one any time soon. I have found three libraries in my town and am planning to go to one February 3.

[asigrow]

Day 26

What is the most important thing I need to do today? 

Not overdue it. Work is a bit busier than usual and my team has been jacked up all month. I like to relax when I get off, but I also try to have some sort of a social life now that we are in a new city. It’s been hard for me recently to not feel bad about not being able to do things because of a flare. My husband is so understanding, but sometimes that makes me feel guilty. We should be able to go out on a whim or not cancel plans, but I can’t a lot of times. Ugh. The pain of Fibromyalgia is minimal compared to the constant, ever-changing variables that effect your life everyday because of it. I can be having a good day at 10am and it can become a bad one at 11am and I don’t always know what sets it off. It could be something I ate, the weather, hormonal changes, moving too much or being too rigorous. Hell, if I sneeze too hard, I might get dizzy and start seeing stars. I can be ready to crash from exhaustion, but if it hurts to lay down or a migraine develops, I’ll be up for hours. If you’re reading this, I’ll just say two more things: 

1. If someone is experiencing physical pain, believe them and don’t try to fix them. Trust me, they have already tried a number of things, pharmaceutical and holistic. Belief and support is what is needed.

2. Ask questions. They will let you know if they’re uncomfortable. I encourage my friends to ask me things because it helps them understand it & me a little better and it gives me the opportunity to share my experiences.