tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824828113983189391.post7225407479696320733..comments2024-03-09T09:28:24.274-05:00Comments on Despite Lupus: The juggle is on: making time for lupus in a hectic scheduleSara Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07608238591846611898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824828113983189391.post-79605913009269261172012-09-09T17:43:02.779-04:002012-09-09T17:43:02.779-04:00Thank you ladies! I really appreciate the comments...Thank you ladies! I really appreciate the comments, and definitely wrote the post hoping others would be able to identify with this concept of strategically saying "no". I see you guys know exactly what I'm talking about! See my upcoming post for the outcome - and know that your encouragement came in handy. As I made my eliminations, I reminded myself that I'm not alone in having to do so! Sara Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608238591846611898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824828113983189391.post-44519588860979222022012-09-04T21:29:40.295-04:002012-09-04T21:29:40.295-04:00sg - thinking of you. just the move and the renova...sg - thinking of you. just the move and the renovation alone would have been enough crazy, right?!!! love you. xoxoJen Sharp Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360458367719939657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824828113983189391.post-17994965000825631772012-09-01T02:31:42.322-04:002012-09-01T02:31:42.322-04:00Wow, Sara. What a schedule without all the school ...Wow, Sara. What a schedule without all the school things, meetings, & moving. I think Sam said it all very well. These are things you've written about & have lived through before. You'll have your schedule & "rain checks" for some opportunities if you can't do it all. I hope you get to do everything your heart needs you to do, so you are still the core you. Everything sounds exciting. I know you'll work it out. It's just so hard sometimes, isn't it? Debshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14705802139856939682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8824828113983189391.post-14600835243203724012012-08-31T21:16:55.135-04:002012-08-31T21:16:55.135-04:00Wow Sarah, That is an enormous list and just readi...Wow Sarah, That is an enormous list and just reading it makes me feel concerned for you. I know you are a long way down the road with "Living with Lupus" but you also know the ramifications of over committing. I have had a year of having to juggle commitment after commitment and I know it's not easy. A friend asked me to be MC at her wedding which is in another state and would require a 2 hour drive after I’d flown in just to get to the venue. She also put a clause in her email that she knew I may not be able to come but she wanted me to know I was her first choice. I have had a number of additional health battles this year on top of RA and have major surgery in a week so I knew the sensible thing was to say with deep regret "no, I'm sorry but I just can't". I actually said yes first and then after sanity set in I had to go back to her and explain that my heart was willing but my body told me otherwise. Do you know, her reply was beautiful. Because my husband and I can't attend she and her new husband are coming to visit us in January so we can have a wedding dinner together and she has ensured that I have been her confidante for all things girly leading up to the wedding. Sometimes saying "No, sorry I can't" brings new blessings we wouldn't have otherwise received and even presents opportunities of new ways of being involved in events and peoples lives. I hope it all works out for you and you get to be a part of all (or some) ofthe wonderful things you have going on, even if it's not quite like you imagine at the moment. Happy planning. Take care SamSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325731085141503444noreply@blogger.com