by Jamie Holloway | Mar 6, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I ordered a four pack of notebooks because with my new regiment I have to keep an exercise log. I found these gorgeous notebooks on Amazon.com. Having something pretty to write in will encourage me to keep up with my new way of doing things. Tuesday I did two...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 24, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Before you start reading I would like you to grab a cup of tea or coffee get comfortable and then read on. Saturday February 23rd I had the pleasure of going to Myrtle’s Tea House in Ridgefield Washington for an Angel Wings Ministries fundraiser. What an experience,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 22, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Just a quick update on my getaway to my hometown of Longview, I am enjoying my time here. Karen is a riot. She makes me laugh and she is an amazing woman with a huge heart. Summer is a hard worker and a fabulous cook. Even though there have been some crazy moments not...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 21, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I love animals. My Nicholas is an amazing creature who gives me great comfort and helps me breathe. He was a feral cat that my niece rescued a few years ago. Angel Wings takes in animals of all kinds and helps them find loving homes. They need our help, they need our...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 26, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
One of the things I do not like about being in the hospital is when my skin gets dry. The lotion they give you just seems to make my skin even drier. I asked my sister Carri to buy me some lotion to use while I am in the hospital before she came up for our visit...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 25, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Monday January 21st around 8 PM I felt like I had an atomic bomb explode in my stomach. The pain was excruciating. I have never experienced anything to that caliber in my life and believe me I have experienced a lot of painful things. After suffering until about 10:45...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 17, 2013 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am still in Longview. I always feel good when I come to my hometown of Longview. I am enjoying the relational change that I am seeing and all of the amazing people who are working towards loving people. I love that. I am looking forward to moving back here by spring...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 1, 2013 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I took a break from blogging on the last day of the year. I wanted to spend time with my longtime friend whose birthday it was. We first celebrated by driving in the snow to Ridgefield, Washington to Myrtle’s Tea House. What a beautiful service they provide and...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 29, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
As I flipped my mattress on my bed I realized that I just did too much. Strange how something so simple can cause me to get so out of breathe that I have to sit down and rest. Thankfully my caregiver was here. I like the fact that he allows me to try to be independent...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 14, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Packing and getting ready to hit the road to head up to Longview for the Salvation Army Telethon I had my worries and doubts about my own body and capabilities. This was the first time I had stayed away from home for a week and was more active than I had been since I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 7, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I am going on a mini-getaway and won’t be back until next Thursday. I will be going to the Christmas Angel Telethon on Saturday; a 24 hour event to raise money for the Salvation Army that Living Ministries is putting on. Then for three days I will be spending some...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 29, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
“I am not at all the sort of person you and I took me for” Jane Welsh Carlyle I found this quote in a book I was reading and felt a deep connection to the sentiment. In my life people have misjudged me, believed things or perceived things about me that has hurt me...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 21, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
On December 8th from 10 AM until 10 AM on December 9th I will be at The Salvation Army Christmas Angel Telethon hosted by Living Ministries to help supplement the budget cuts that leave their ever growing ministry struggling to meet the needs of the community. I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 16, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
This week marks the anniversary of when I got my favorite furry companion Nicholas. I received the gift of Nicholas from my niece in November 2010, three years ago. Hard to believe that I have had my furry friend for that long and how he completes my life seems with...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 8, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Strange how when you start thinking about something it seems to hit you on all sides on a subject, the synchronicity is uncanny. A couple days ago in my journal I ruminated on relationships and what that means. Relationships are valuable. Relationships matter....
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 4, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I joined WEGO Health a great web site that promotes health and well-being for those suffering from chronic illnesses. It is a great way for me to get my voice heard and I feel connected to many of the bloggers I have met and am currently reading who have joined this...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 3, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
A question is going around Facebook, other blogs about illnesses, and the World Wide Web, why do you blog about being ill? I have decided that I am going to answer this question. The reason I started Jamie Chases Butterflies wasn’t for me to become some famous writer,...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2012 | Books/Music, Exhilarating People
The last concert/show I went to was the summer of 2009 when I went to see Tori Amos and at that time I was not breathing so well and I was with a negative person in my life. Despite that, I loved the show. Strange how life changes in a blink of an eye and you gain new...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 19, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Reasoning, thinking too much and too hard causes me great confusion and headaches. Does it you? I come from a family of thinkers, especially logical thinkers. We have to ask questions, have everything make sense to us so it can fit in the compartments of our minds....
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 19, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up Saturday morning tired from my long trip to Seattle the day before. After eating a yummy breakfast, cooked by my amazing and talented sister Vickie, we ate eggs, bacon, and cheese wrapped in a tortilla we called our aunt Marie. I still am not able to talk on...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 4, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
This is my last night in the hospital. I am up in the middle of the night because I had to suction my t-tent and also take some pains meds. My throat is sore. I feel as though I swallowed a porcupine whole. Vickie is asleep on a cot next to me. I doubt she is getting...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 18, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
Prompted by a blog post by Jeff Goin’s in promotion for his new book that will be coming out. It made me think. How has my life been wrecked and turned out good? Three years ago I woke with no ability to breathe properly and severe joint pain. I sounded like a...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 15, 2012 | Auto-immune, Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
The last couple of days have been a roller coaster ride of emotions that stem from being rejected. I wrote about having to go to the University Of Seattle in order to visit my ENT to see what the next steps will be concerning my Subglottic Stenosis. I believed that I...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 15, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I wanted to put my photographs that I took since I got my first digital camera in the summer of 2005 to some amazing quotes. I am doing it to inspire myself and to inspire my readers. No one else can speak the words on your lips. Drench yourself in words unspoken....
by Jamie Holloway | May 9, 2012 | Exhilarating People, The Magnificent Journey
I have some amazing friends, old, new, and just getting know friends that make me laugh until I double over from my stomach hurting, and who send me encouraging emails, Face book messages, IM’s, phone calls, and texts in order to see how I am doing and to check in...
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