Mardy Ross's blog

Yesterday I found myself in a particularly challenging conversation about what fibromyalgia is and how it impacts my life. They were good questions coming from a sincere desire to learn, but with scrutinization -- this person realizes I am bringing health education that is truthful and cost efficient and progressive to people, and that I'm serving people by providing information on a website that's increasingly "lighting the path to health and well-being" for people, but was clearly resistant to believe that fibromyalgia is what I say it is.   read more »

I wanted to get something written up today EARLY while it is what is being covered on the news today related to the memorial service in Tucson last night which was a great deal about healing the country as well as Congressman Giffords having just opened her eyes for the first time right beforehand.  Her friends who were present were just interviewed and 'obviously giddy' with the excitement of seeing her making improvement and feeling positively about the opportunity which was taken related to this unfortunate event to provide an example to all of us for not overly analyzing what the p  read more »

I read in the paper today that Colorado National Monument, which is my 'back yard National Park Service playground', is celebrating being a National Park Service site for 100 years in 2011 by ushering in the new year with a fireworks display.  read more »

I woke up this morning a little later than I wanted to -- I sleep with an 'intermission' these days and last night's intermission found me getting up to make something to eat after finishing a wonderful book titled Women, Food, and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth.  So Rock Cesario's "Acoustic Sunday" radio show on local radio station "Drive 105" was underway, but the lure of someone having brought me Gevalia yesterday had me enticed.  I struggle with caffeine addiction the way other people struggle with o  read more »

Two months ago, my sister, her husband and I were joined by our friends and family to celebrate a life that had passed on Labor Day -- that of my father.  It was a beautiful fall day in a chapel at the top of a mountain outside of Denver, Colorado with pine trees out the door and window and an interesting history of people collecting to come pay their respects.  The pace and theme of the service had been kept very much like a music program because it was put together by music teachers (sister and her husband), with my more serious piece interjected which reflected what I do for a  read more »

"Life is about compromises" 'they' say, and I'm going to compromise about Halloween this year.  I've decided to write something in this blog that I can Print and include with what I give to the kiddos and their parents (hopefully) coming around tonight.  I've decided to give Reese's out, because they're kind of a tradition in my family.  My mom selected the TWO PACKS to give out when I was in junior high because the kids had so few houses to go to 'in my neck of the woods' (which it literally WAS the woods -- rural Colorado mountains).&nbs  read more »

This has been a GRATE WEEK!  It started with our official announcement that Lumigrate has our FIRST sponsor signed up, Deirdre Rawlings, ND, PhD of Foods for Fibromyalgia fame!  Then our FIRST PODCAST was ready to release, about the fibromyalgia forum for people in Grand Junction that Dr.  read more »