I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the way I deal with it has kept
me from remaining in several other groups. I write - a lot. I write
poetry, and so much more.

I am an ordained minister, and my CFS has, on many occasions, made it
hard to expand my ministry.

I have kept my ministry in an online forum - because I was told I
could not do much more than that as it were. I have been preaching
since 2007 when I was ordained.

I obviously write spiritual stuff as a result of my vocation. I am a
poet. I have had well over fifty poems published. A friend suggested
I consider a line of greeting cards, which I may do, because I do
have all-occasion poetry. I have already managed personalized poetry
and such.

I also have written a novel, though it would be for late teens early
adults, it's not as grown up as the one that may be in the works
soon.

Both of my grandmothers suffered CFS, but theirs wasn't diagnosed
until after they were diagnosed with more serious conditions,
including Polymialgia.

I was diagnosed with CFS 8 years after I was diagnosed with
Osteoarthritis and calcification of the bone structures in my body. I
have since been diagnosed with TMJ and Costochondritis.

I would love to share if any are willing to share as well. It is my
goal to have not only a line of all occasion cards, but a series of
cards and gifts specifically for the chronically ill to bring
awareness to this enormous population of human beings with
debilitating chronic illness.

Rev. Laura A. Neff
Co-Owner Poetic Expressions
http://www.poetic-expressions.net
Minister Covenant of Hope Ministries
http://www.mychurch.org/covenantofhopeministries
http://www.freewebs.com/covenantofhopeministries/index.htm
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us-- in the dreariest
& most dreaded moments can see a possiblity of hope. Maya Angelou