The Ongoing Chronicle
This chronicle grows with every new moment I choose to share. If you’re looking for the most recent piece of the journey, you’ll find it here — the latest story, fresh from the road I’m still traveling.
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I had no idea what Rheumatoid Arthritis was when my doctor gave me the diagnosis. Even as he explained the disease, the gravity didn’t quite sink in. My symptoms had already been aggressively showing themselves over the past several months, so the disease itself was already a reality but now it had words attached to…
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– If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. The Second Law of Holes – When you stop digging, you are still in a hole. To me, Fear is a Hole and it’s a funny thing. We all understand how it feels to be fearful, the rush of anxiety and adrenaline, the shaky hands…
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Ever since I was a little child, I believed I was different. I often felt like I stood on the outside of the crowd looking in; alone in a room full of people. Somehow deep inside I was unlike anyone else around. I both loathed and embraced it. My family was much like everyone else’s.…
Ehren Ackerman 