swedenrose3

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Age: 29
Gender: Female

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A few of my favorite things

Standing in the Rainbow (Fannie Flagg), Harry Potter

Gilmore Girls, Deadliest Catch, Grey's Anatomy, McLeod's Daughters

My Fair Lady, Love Actually, The Sound of Music

PPM, Bee Gees, Dixie Chicks, Diamond Rio

Links

www.graphicgarden.com

My Bio

I am originally from Upstate New York, but I moved to Sweden about 8 years ago. As a way of maintaining my sanity and cultural ties, I joined a local women's club and have, in the past few years, become very active. When I am not doing something club related, I do some light crafting (one small project that I do over and over again), music, watching tv, cooking and reading!

Friends International

A few years ago, I found FMS-CFS Friends International (see my links) and discovered an amazing group of people. They have provided comfort and support through many rough days and even a couple of very bad relapses. But they have also helped me to recognize that even though having a chronic illness is a part of who I am, I do not have to allow to become all that I am.

What I am reading now

Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg (Again!)

"The time is 1946-2000. The place, Elmwood Springs, Missouri. World War II has ended and the joyous transitions to peace are being, mostly, embraced - 'We have saved Europe and everyone liked us that year, even the French'.

At the centre of the novel is the indomitable Neighbor Dorothy, broadcasting daily (with Mother Smith on the organ), from her front room, via the tower in her backyard, to an eager, and at times lonely, audience across the state - listeners who often hear more than her own family would like about the antics of her wayward son Bobby and adolescent Anna Lee. It's hard to keep secrets in a community like theirs, but life isn't perfect, and even Neighbor Dorothy herself has a tragedy as well hidden as it can be."