Holidays

Community Holidays 

Thank You! With Love & Gratitude

November 21, 2018November 21, 2018 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments

The holidays have begun.  I thought now would be a good time to say THANK YOU to everyone who has

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3 Tips on Surviving the Holidays from Chronic Christmas Author, Lene Andersen

December 15, 2017 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment Chronic Christmas, fibro, interview, juvenile, Lene Andersen, RA, surviving holidays, with chronic illness

Today, I am interviewing Lene Andersen, author of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness (paperback and kindle

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DIY: How to Make a Wreath Witherspoon | Holiday Fun

November 27, 2017December 20, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments #WreathWitherspoon, Christmas decorations, decor, holiday, Hulu, Mindy Lahiri, Reese Witherspoon, The Mindy Project

In a popular season 3 episode of The Mindy Project titled “Christmas,” Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) turns to Danny Castellano

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5 Tips for Celebrating a Holiday Alone (UDPATED)

November 20, 2017November 21, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments how to celebrate holidays alone, marathon, New Year's Eve, Parties, Thanksgiving alone, tips, Twilight Zone

In time for Thanksgiving, I’m posting an update of my popular 2013 article, “3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone.”  What

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3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays from Chronic Christmas Author, Lene Andersen

December 16, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments arthritis, Chronic Christmas, disability, fibromyalgia, interview, juvenile, Lene Andersen, migraines, RA, surviving holidays, with chronic illness

Today, I am interviewing Lene Andersen, author of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness (paperback and kindle

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3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone

November 23, 2016November 28, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, celebrating, compromised immunity, flu, holidays alone, Jessica Gimeno, lupus, MG, Myasthenia Gravis, Primary Immune Deficiency

In time for Thanksgiving, I decided to re-post one of my most popular articles. REPOST BELOW Last year I spent

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Fashionably ill Readers’ 32 Favorite Holiday Movies

December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 JessicaGimeno 2 Comments Christmas movies, chronic illness, chronic pain, distraction, Ehlers-Danlos, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility Type III, favorite holiday movies, holidays with chronic illness

In keeping with my last blog post, Chronic Illness, Loss, & Forming New Holiday Traditions, I asked Fashionably ill readers

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Chronic Illness, Loss, & Forming New Holiday Traditions

December 1, 2015December 2, 2015 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment Anne Serling, autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, fatigue, holidays with illness, losing friends after diagnosis, lupus, Myasthenia Gravis, online party, pain, PCOS, Twilight Zone

One of the hardest aspects of chronic illness is saying goodbye to hobbies and interests.  Some of us have even

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Lessons on Companionship, Compassion, & Community From The Twilight Zone

January 2, 2015November 10, 2015 JessicaGimeno 5 Comments Anne Serling, Arlen Schumer, asthma, autoimmune, bipolar, chronic illness, depression, disability, fatigue, Hugh A.D. Spencer, I Am The Night - Color Me Black, Jessica Gimeno, Martin Grams, Myasthenia Gravis, New Year's Eve, New Year's Marathon, Nightmare As a Child, pain, PCOS, psoriasis, Rod Serling, Sy Fy, The Hitchhiker, The Twilight Zone, Time Enough At Last, TZ, Where Is Everybody?, Zoner

It can be lonely being a fan of The Twilight Zone. When I tell friends that I’m a fan, I

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5 Ways Illness Has Positively Changed My Holidays

December 24, 2014December 1, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments

Originally published last year.  Merry Christmas. Happy Hannukah. I’ve written about the difficulty of being sick during the holidays like

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