Chronic illness, authenticity and everyday magic

Mary Oliver was right: we really do need to pay attention, be astonished and tell about it

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Hello lovely

My asthma moved in permanently a couple of decades ago and has lived with me every day since. Unfortunately, it isn’t the friendlier kind that visits when you go jogging and leaves with one puff of an inhaler. Some days, like today, it can feel like lifting weights every time I take a breath, there’s a pressure on my ch…