Time Out For Me

I woke up today and tried to take a "Time Out For Me" day today. Sometimes as a woman, wife, and mother we can get so caught up in serving the ones we love that we forget to take time for ourselves. Having this disease has taught me that if I don't take the time and allow myself time to rest and recover, than my body will make me take the time. 

I can be pretty stubborn and somedays I push myself beyond the limits that my body can handle. At the beginning of today I wanted to do something that I enjoy doing. But life happened and I was needed by my family today. I did not take a time out for myself today. My oldest son called me today and lectured me for over an hour about how I needed to take more time to rest and do things that I enjoy. He said I need to learn to say no more and think of myself first. It is so hard to do! He was so sweet to think of me and I knew what he said was right. I had to promise him that I would schedule more days each week to rest and take time for myself. He is confident that this will help me avoid flare-ups mainly caused by stress and overdoing.

I am committing myself to taking more time out for me each day so that I can be a better mom and wife to my family and avoid painful flare-ups.