I've been avoiding writing a introduce yourself post...here's why:

in #introduceyourself7 years ago (edited)

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Introduce myself Steemit says. I've been dreading this post and thus avoiding getting into too much writing on here. At this time in my life I have yet to introduce myself to....well...myself. My entire life was turned upside down a couple years back when a genetic disease, which had gone undiagnosed, progressed rapidly. What is left is a very different person. So am I Stephanie Price, A woman fighting ehlers-danlos syndrome? (...and losing some days!) No, I don't believe so. The illness is only a part of the experiences of each day. Hum....so what else is there about me? I have my name, Stephanie Price buuuutt...yawn! That can't be it! Years ago I would have introduced myself by saying I was an avid animal lover and worked in the rescue and Veterinary Fields. I would have gone on about my foster fur-kids and my two adopted fur- kids Sky and Coal. I would speak about loving to go out and commune in nature, about hiking, about barn chores, about many assorted joyful tasks involving animals. I would speak of midnight drives to the ocean and how water has always been a calming force in my life. I would talk about the relationship I was in and what that meant. I would talk about wanting to have children, biological, fostered or adopted, and wanting a large family. I may have even spoken about the dream of owning and running my own holistic pet store that funded the ability to open a pet hospice where elder and ill animals could go and live out their days, loved and cared for.

But now none of the above seems relevant. And oh how I wish it still was. I'm still grieving my old life, the old me. When the illness progressed everything that made me who I thought I was disappeared. I no longer could be around the animals I loved as my body would start to crash when around them too long and without masks and copious amounts of medication. I had to let fostering go and then I had to let Sky and Coal, my furbabies, go as well. (They're in a good home, yet that home is no longer mine.). I no longer can take long drives without extreme planning. Or drive at all, depending on flares and medication needs. Hikes are a thing of the past at the current time. No more barn chores. No more children of my own. So much of what was, (and I was)has come to a screeching halt!

So who am I? I don't know. Yet there are absolutely beautiful things that come of losing one's identity. There is a space, a pause, a hesitation when someone asks me to introduce myself. That space is beautiful. That space represents possibility! And space is endless...it may be filled with anything, even with nothing. I soley grieved the life that existed before the pause became my new reality. The clouds part more and more. This new life is full of pauses, of open spaces brimming with possibility. Who am I? How do I introduce this being known as Stephanie Price? I don't know. And so I gave fear a dirty look and started writing. I became curious of the fear, of the pause, of who I am. I fill many spaces with the presence of my partner and his two beautiful children. And I just realized that for right now, the pause is enough. I am enough no matter what I've 'lost' or what I can no longer do.. Come to think of it, the experiences of these last few years have drastically changed my definition of enough. Enough is no longer a set of Standards to reach. Enough is exactly where I am, who I am, what I am, right now. Even when I feel as though I am not enough, I am enough. And I think I just figured out how to introduce myself.

Hello #Steemit! Allow me to introducemyself my name is Stephanie Price, and I am always enough. So are YOU, I would love to see you introduceyourself as enough too!

Thank you for reading!
Wishing You All There Is,
Stephanie (enough) Price :)

Feel free to find me on Facebook and Twitter also as @kintoallbeings

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Welcome! gave you a follow.

Thank you! Same. :)

Thanks for being so vulnerable and opening up yourself to us. This is a powerful post and I only wish people would willingly be so open with their fellow man. One of the beautiful aspects of this platform is somehow it has a way to make us reflect on our inner self. I look forward to seeing you rediscover yourself. Until next time. Godspeed.

@lexikon082 thank you very much. I agree. This is quite a beautiful platform filled with amazing souls.

A big warm Steemit welcome goes out to you Stephanie!

Upvoted and High Pawed! :-D

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So cute! Thank you!

You're welcome! :-D

Wow - very powerful and true - will follow you because you have a beautiful way with words - and you sure are enough - Just waking up every day is a blessing for us all - we do not have to go skydiving and jump en dive to be thankful for live

Thank you very much! It sure is. Very very true! So much beauty lives within the countless, seemingly mundane, little moments in each day. I've been trying to remember that. Thank you, needed to hear that today! ❤️

My pleasure - you have a wonderful way with words - and for that I will follow you - keep up the good work and keep on fighting - even bad days have something good in them

Very true! :) Thank you!

Oops sorry about that....tried to edit and wiped the post out for a moment there! Back to what it was meant to be! :). (Cough...noob!)

I avoided it too for a bit... Welcome! I upvoted- See my page for tips for beginners in Crypto- Ill follow you. Follow me if you like the information I give you. They are all learned from mistakes I made.

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Thank you very much! I will check it out!

Welcome to Steemit Stephanie !!!

Very nice and interesting try to see mine page maybe will be interesting for you :) I followed you with happy to see more!!!!
https://steemit.com/larrsonek/@larrsonek/kolorowe-jeziorka-beautiful-place-in-rudawy-janowickie-national-park-in-poland
See this, if it is not beautiful i'll like youre every posts.

Very nice and interesting try to see mine page maybe will be interesting for you :) I followed you with happy to see more!!!!
https://steemit.com/larrsonek/@larrsonek/kolorowe-jeziorka-beautiful-place-in-rudawy-janowickie-national-park-in-poland
See this, if it is not beautiful i'll like youre every posts.

Hi there. I'm new here too. I wanted to let you know I am somewhat familiar with your disease. I know a family with 11 children who found out a few years ago about this disease and discovered the mom had a mild case and now most of her 11 kids suffer various symptoms and issues. It's a rough road and they never know when/how things will change from day to day.

Hello @rockinrobin. Welcome to Steemit too!! :) It is quite an unpredictable condition with a huge spectrum of symptoms and 'dissabilities'. I cannot imagine how hard this must be for your friend. Especially in regards to her children having the condition as well.

That was beautiful. My life came to a screeching halt too at 26 when I broke my back. I can relate in a way, but will never truly relate. I am proud of you for facing fear.

Thank you @thecrazygm. There sure are ups and downs with these injuries and conditions. You have shared bravely as well!! :) I know how difficult it can be.

That is a beautiful introduction! Welcome! I am glad you chose to share your truth with us!

Thank you @nenad-ristic! As am I! :)

Hi, and welcome

Hello @spartanza! Thank you! :)

Great intro! Welcome to the community, Stephanie! Follow me at https://steemit.com/@bitgeek

Thank you very much @bitgeek! :)

That was a very moving story,and told in a poetic way. I admire your strength.

Thank you @kooshikoo! By the way, I love your handle! I just now got it. :)

Thank so much for sharing. Society makes most people wear a mask, it's always appreciated to hear someone speak with vulnerability and transparency. We are more than are interests and activities.... and just by going through what you listed you're obviously a very compassionate person with a LOT of love to give. I'll be following <3

Thank you so much @thatgrlbeth! I appreciate your words. ❤️ Very true. It's quite impossible to be human with the current societal standards (in many places)!

Thank you for that heartfelt introduction.

You're welcome. Thank you @onetree!

Welcome to the Steemit family @kintoallbeings Greetings from Perú!!!

What an amazing introduction. One thing I know about Stephanie Price is that the beauty of her true being shines in the words she has so kindly shared with us. And now with a community like steemit you will have an avenue of opportunities to explore what makes us who we really are anyway; the spark that is consciousness. I too have had some ups and downs Stephanie and if you want to come on over and follow, I will share and we can get to know one another. I have a little saying you may like to try. "I wake up each day and open my eyes, knowing I have accomplished everything it means to be human; I am alive." I wish you the best here on Steemit and I will use my upvotes for your every post.

Love and peace,
The Last Sage

Thank you for the kind words! A beautiful way to wake up! I like that. :)

It's a privilege to make your acquaintance Stephanie. I'm so glad you introduced yourself. You are a rare gem.

Welcome to Steemit Stephanie! You're going to love it here.

Welcome to Steemit. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do! :-)

Thank you @bart2305! I believe I will! Such a welcoming, kind community. :)

This is beautiful Steph.
I am at the point with EDS where I don't know what who why how about myself.
I would like to link this post to a re introduce myself ....some time.
Is that OK?
I wish you posted more often. I hope your infrequent posts mean you have a very busy life and EDS is not preventing you from doing everything you want to do.

Thank you very much. ❤️ Yes, of course. I'll try to write more soon. Been a bit uninspired as of late. Working to change that as everything, once again, changes! EDS is quite the erratic moving Target..... Chat soon! Hang in there. ❤️