Author Archives: caitlingriess22

Some days feel kinda heavy and just harder. But then God sends something or someone to make you smile. 🩷 I have been in this weird funk today mentally. And I am currently sitting in a doctor’s office waiting for my allergy shot. Yet, God sent a smile. A grandma had taken her grandson toContinue reading “Flip the Script”

Two pictures taken at the same place, with the same amazing people, one year and a couple weeks apart. But boy, these pictures are not the same and tell two different stories.  The girl in the first picture with the purple tank top hated how she looked in that picture. She didn’t know what toContinue reading “Looking Back a Year”

Some days it’s more of a mental health battle than a physical health fight. Or some days it’s both, and that’s almost worse. Yesterday and today have been one of those mental tug of war days. Where my mind is saying one thing but my heart knows what is really true. Ladies with PCOS struggleContinue reading “Mental Health”

Pain. Hurt. Sickness. It all sucks and it’s not fun to deal with. Whether it’s a cold, the flu, period pain, or anything else. But pain can also come in the form of grief or life struggles. Right now, I’m in pain and it hurts. I honestly don’t know if it’s from my PCOS, somethingContinue reading “Healing can be Hard”

Waiting on God is usually not easily. Or maybe it is and it just comes in waves of being harder. I’m back to waiting on a job and waiting for a relationship. God has a plan and a purpose for the waiting but I, and probably you too, just want it to happen now. IContinue reading “Back to Waiting”

Home isn’t just a place, it’s the people. I’d like to disagree with that a little bit. Yes, the people make it special and you can feel at home with certain people. But for me, home will always be the farm. The family farm where the tractors and other equipment roll on and off theContinue reading “Home”

Sometimes grief hits you like a semi truck and runs you over. Other times, you might see it coming in the rear view mirror but don’t know when it will hit you. Then it does, and it feels like you are drowning in waves of emotion. Grief is hard and not something you would wishContinue reading “Grief”

It’s been a month and two weeks of having answers, of having a diagnosis for what my body was and is dealing with. What a month it has been! Honestly, I was not expecting the new supplements to work very quickly and was very surprised when I started noticing changes after 5 days. Five daysContinue reading “Blessed and Grateful”

We are always learning and that process is never complete. We can learn about so many things – ourselves, others, the world around us, and so on. Those of us with chronic health issues are continuously learning and applying what we learned to our health journey. Today I was reminded to take baby steps. IContinue reading “Baby Steps”

Life is not always easy. Honestly, life is usually full of more downs than ups. Things are hard. They will try to steal your joy and knock you down. But Don’t Give Up or Give In! People might not understand what you’re dealing with or going through or why you are pursuing something. But don’tContinue reading “Don’t Give Up or Give In”