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  Recently released: audiobook edition of  How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick  by Dr. Emily Graves. Book description: Soon after receiving her Bachelor's Degree, Emily Graves was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and given a prognosis that she would be confined to a wheelchair within ten years. Shortly thereafter, pregnant with her first and only child, Emily's kidneys shut down. Thus, began a new chapter in Emily's life: balancing chronic illness, motherhood, and the professional ambitions that had caused her to excel as an academic and meet her husband. Today she is still fighting chronic illness, but she has found some answers as to how to manage that fight while being a good mother and spouse and continuing to pursue her professional ambitions. In this book, Emily chronicles the challenges and successes and shares her experience-and tips-with other mothers suffering from chronic illness. A formula for surviving and thriving, this book is meant as a source of ...

  Recently released: audiobook edition of  How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick  by Dr. Emily Graves. Book description: Soon after receiving her Bachelor's Degree, Emily Graves was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and given a prognosis that she would be confined to a wheelchair within ten years. Shortly thereafter, pregnant with her first and only child, Emily's kidneys shut down. Thus, began a new chapter in Emily's life: balancing chronic illness, motherhood, and the professional ambitions that had caused her to excel as an academic and meet her husband. Today she is still fighting chronic illness, but she has found some answers as to how to manage that fight while being a good mother and spouse and continuing to pursue her professional ambitions. In this book, Emily chronicles the challenges and successes and shares her experience-and tips-with other mothers suffering from chronic illness. A formula for surviving and thriving, this book is meant as a source of ...

  Recently released: audiobook edition of  How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick  by Dr. Emily Graves. Book description: Soon after receiving her Bachelor's Degree, Emily Graves was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis and given a prognosis that she would be confined to a wheelchair within ten years. Shortly thereafter, pregnant with her first and only child, Emily's kidneys shut down. Thus, began a new chapter in Emily's life: balancing chronic illness, motherhood, and the professional ambitions that had caused her to excel as an academic and meet her husband. Today she is still fighting chronic illness, but she has found some answers as to how to manage that fight while being a good mother and spouse and continuing to pursue her professional ambitions. In this book, Emily chronicles the challenges and successes and shares her experience-and tips-with other mothers suffering from chronic illness. A formula for surviving and thriving, this book is meant as a source of ...

Today's daily excerpt comes from  How to Be a Good Mommy When You're Sick  by Emily Graves. supportive people and ditch the Negative Nancy-types. Or if you can’t ditch them, don’t be afraid to tell them that their negativity is neither helpful nor welcomed. Quite often, negative people can be kept in check with some difficult but necessary honesty. The fact is that nothing is worse than having to be around a person who is constantly being negative when you are ill. You surely don’t need this in your life when daily tasks and taking care of a new baby or growing toddler are already tremendous challenges. Do not be afraid to let go of or avoid negative people and replace them with people who have positive natures and are willing to let their sunny dispositions shine on you. If you can’t completely get the negative types out of your life, try to minimize the time yo Looking Good (and being on time) Picture 108a—suggestion Honestly, looking good is the icing on the cake. If yo...