“Give someone Love by learning more about their illness.”Give someone Love by learning more about their illness. Most people give what they wantto receive. Remember the aunt that always pinches your cheeks and gives you so many hugs and kisses? Some aunts exhibit that type of behavior because that is exactly what they want; more hugs and kisses in their life. Most of our patients all say the same thing, "I wish that my family understood my illness and how sick I feel."My daughter, Billie, and I had a very special, elderly friend that was like family to us. She had fibromyalgia (FMS) disease with severe flare ups. When she experienced these flare ups, they would make her bedridden with symptoms of fatigue, chronic widespread pain with tenderness and a poor memory. She would cry a lot because she felt all alone and like no one in her family understood her illness. She was unable to attend many family events because the pain and fatigue were crippling to her.One day she brought her husband with her to visit us. When she stepped out of the room momentarily, we asked her husband if he understood his wife's disease. He replied, "No, not really. I just know that she hurts a lot." He said their wedding anniversary was coming up and he didn't know what to buy her as a gift or how to celebrate with her since she was in so much pain. We suggested for him to go to the bookstore and buy her a few books on fibromyalgia. He really looked at us with great surprise and said, "I have never thought of doing that before." We explained to him that the best way to show someone you Love them is to let them know you are investing in and learning about their illness and wellness.In addition to buying his wife fibromyalgia books, her husband, actually read those books together with her! It brought them much closer as a couple and rekindled some sparks between them. Later on, they both told us that their marriage was stronger because of all of the knowledge and sharing that they were experiencing together.Is there someone in your life that needs more understanding from you about their illness?Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.Evelyn Minton and her daughter, Dr. Billie J. Minton are the authors of the Blue Ridge Tenderpup children's series. These books may be found at the author's website BlueRidgeMoments.com and Amazon.com/Author/drbillieminton.

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