While we were in the hospital last week, a good friend, who is chronically ill herself, sent Meghan a very interesting article.

It was about “The Spoon Theory,” and explained chronic illness from the perspective of one who lives it every day.

Meghan being incredibly literate, and a master at figurative language, picked up the analogies quite quickly, and while the author wrote about lupus, a disorder Meghan does NOT have, she found the text and related analogies very meaningful.

Our dialogue this week has already begun to include questions about how many “spoons” she has today.  As someone who lives with my own share of issues, but none as severe as my daughter, this has opened up communication in a fantastic way.

The author has copyrighted the story, so I have permission only to link you to it, but I encourage you to give it a read.

http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/wpress/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/

And thank you my dear friend for sharing.  Thank you.