Author Archives: Dominique

About Dominique

Dominique is an Air Force Veteran who is a full-time freelance writer as well as a prolific blogger. She currently writes about the challenges of living with CFIDS and FMS which she has lived with for over 20 years. To date, her work has been published on Word Journey Magazine, Article Net, Pardon My Politics, and Palin Twibe. In July 2010, she started writing her own column - Dominique's Corner - for Life Skills Magazine. In addition, she recently founded, Invisible Awareness Organization, to create a vehicle for suffers of CFIDS/M.E. to share their own stories to help raise awareness for CFIDS, M.E. one story at a time. Invisible Awareness is due to launch during the summer of 2010.

Ready, Set, and GONE!

This will be a quick post tonight as I am utterly exhausted and tomorrow I have laundry to do, Dekker needs a bath, and I have to pack for my flight on Monday!  Calgon take me away!  Anyway…

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Dreams Become Reality One Choice at a Time

Time is quickly winding down and I find myself faced with only two more days before I will be heading to the airport to head to Massachusetts for my daughter’s wedding!  Thus today was quite a busy day! I had … Continue reading

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It’s a good life on most days

When I woke up this morning, I was exhausted.  Yikes.  So I decided to take the day and rest, rest, rest (as my friend Renee always tells me ).  I did fine until I called to change the reservations to … Continue reading

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Next Chaper – Jewelry by Jolene

Jolene has no idea that I have chosen to name her jewelry.  For me, it is symbolic of the New Chapter I am beginning – or will be beginning – on October 1st with my new home. You see, I … Continue reading

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Book Review: What Difference do it make?

After my review of, Same Kind of Different as Me, I was contacted by Thomas Nelson to see if I might be interested in reading the follow-up book, What Difference do it make?. If you read my review, you know … Continue reading

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FIRST EVER ONLINE HOUSE-WARMING PARTY!

As I sit here writing my Saturday post – a little late mind you – I have so much on my mind that I am a little overwhelmed today.  In just 8 days I will be packing up my two … Continue reading

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All things that go up must come down

It has been said that, all things that go up must eventually come down. Unfortunately, that proves true with CFIDS and FMS more oft than not. Today, I have been feeling pretty bad.  If I didn’t know better…

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This journey WE call LIFE

Change is in the air.  I can now feel it and  I am now embracing it!  I’ve been contemplating this journey I have been on for the past 5 or so weeks, these last few days.  I don’t know if … Continue reading

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The Web: A POWERFUL & POSITIVE impact on CFIDS/ME

I’m a thinker – if you hadn’t noticed – and today, I have been contemplating a myriad of things.  I can’t seem to really focus on one thing as I have so many things going on at the same time.  … Continue reading

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Sometimes YOU just HAVE to say NO

I think one of the hardest things for me to do – and most of us – is to say no.  I don’t like to be disagreeable, however, sometimes the situation calls for it. As you may have noticed I … Continue reading

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NEVER Judge a BOOK by its cover

When I originally decided to join a variety of Blogging 4 Books programs, to be quite honest, I did so to get free books.  That was my main motivation.  Nothing more, nothing less. At the beginning…

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Seeking FAMILIARITY and CONNECTION

I have never really given a lot of thought to the many things in my life that I am connected to that create a space of comfort, normalcy, and grounding for me until I recently lost all my possessions.   Lately, … Continue reading

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Humidity is most definitely not my friend

This week we (Oklahomans) are going to be experiencing over 105 – 115 degree weather.  The doctor at the VA that originally told me that my lungs had been permanently damaged warned me that the humidity would not be my … Continue reading

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Book Review: Same Kind of Different as Me

Leaving This World A Better Place… I believe with everything in me that I have been put on this earth to profoundly change it.  That may sound like an audacious statement, but I believe that with every ounce of my … Continue reading

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Faith, Hope and Anticipation

You know something?  Today was a good day.  Interesting as it was laced with several asthma attacks.  The first was a result of losing our air conditioner when we lost our electric.  Amazingly, it didn’t take more than 20 minutes … Continue reading

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