This week my mailbox started filling with cute cut-out cards and cupids. Stores are selling red and pink balloons and boxes of chocolates, and roses are suddenly a dime a dozen. Despite temperatures that would …MORE
January can be a tough month. With the holidays over and temperatures dipping to a deep freeze, the horizon can look as bleak as frozen tundra. This time of year is difficult for many people, …MORE
During last winter’s Snowpocalyse, posters advertising trips to Florida started appearing around Boston. As I trudged through ten feet of snow in big boots, I caught glimpses of people in bathing suits and flip flops …MORE
This week, my creative writing students read Taylor Mali’s poem “Tony Steinberg, Brave Seventh Grade Viking Warrior”. We then wrote our own poems, mirroring Mali’s “Have you ever…?” style. What would yours be? Here’s mine: …MORE
In last week’s poem “Never Say Never”, I wrote about getting back on my skis for the first time since being sidelined by tick borne illness. It was a proud, humbling, and cathartic moment, one …MORE
The Bigger Picture: A Two-Part Series on Taking Care of Our Overall Health Within the Context of Chronic Lyme When you have a serious case of tick borne disease, it’s natural to get completely immersed …MORE
Taking Care of Our Overall Health Within the Context of Chronic Lyme In the first section of this series, I cautioned that not every ache and pain is Lyme disease; we must be sure to …MORE
The coronavirus testing debacle, much like early Lyme testing, is a reminder that diagnostics aren’t perfect. By Carrie Arnold, Undark, June 17, 2020 AS A LYME PATIENT, Jennifer Crystal has a lifetime of experience …MORE
by Jennifer Crystal Jennifer Crystal discusses how you can grow from chronic illness trauma and how it can change your life for the better. After reading one of the most intense chapters of my upcoming memoir—about …MORE
