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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • Journal · 25 recommendations
  • Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...

Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 23 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
  • Journal · 12 recommendations
  • We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Physically and mentally fatigued

wayhut
  • By wayhut · Posted April 17, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • I don't believe that sick people are being punished all though some days I feel like I am. I believe there are lessons in life even if I can’t see them. I am to a point that is strange at best and difficult ...

Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)

meriterry
  • By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...

Laughter and Tears

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted March 9, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • Today, such riches of love and kindness in the posts. I've laughed, cried, prayed especially for several and ended up praising God that your all there. Let's all give it our best today~ You are all cared ...

The Scary & Blessed Friday the 13th

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted November 13, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I just realized it is the 13th-Friday. Remembering what happened many years ago while driving semi truck with my now deceased husband. We had really pushed it, and were totally worn out. We stopped in ...

Natrual Remedies for migraines

foxykay21
  • By foxykay21 · Posted September 13, 2009
  • Discussion in Treatment of illness with herbs and supplements · 1 recommendation
  • Does anyone know any natural treatments known to help prevent migraines? I'm also looking for a Natural doctor is anyone knows any in the Chicago area ...

Reflection on HINI virus

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted September 13, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Slowly I am gaining energy, I am so thankful. I wish I really knew the dynamics of this virus totally. After having this definitely pegged as HINI. Still I have the medico's dx of swine in March. It was ...

Well It's been a year since I was at deaths door

audrey
  • By audrey · Posted May 19, 2009
  • Discussion in Safety · 1 recommendation
  • I sufferered from GP and a list of other issues weighed 173 lbs size 14 placed on feeding tube after drastically losing 62 lbs and told to live this way the rest of my life. anyway I was on several medications ...

GringoGrandma trashed out the door!

GringoGrandma
  • By GringoGrandma · Posted March 26, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • What a way to start the day. I take out the trash about 530AM. as I stepped down of the 15inch step, I got dizzy and missed the step. Landed on my hip, a Mom and son who were walking nearby came running ...

Tell me.

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 18, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • tell me, where did it go, the hopes that i had the belief, that all would be well. when did it get replaced by memories, distant, not quite real, of rainbows and sunlight, stardust glittering on the snow ...

Winter Blues and Love of Dogs

caf132
  • By caf132 · Posted March 2, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • Hi All- I am a 51 year old female who has been married for 20 years. I have two wonderful children 20 and 18. My "youngest" are a 10 year old Golden Retriever named Katie and a 5 year old Flat Coated ...

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deeeb426
  • By deeeb426 · Posted December 7, 2008
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • i am hungry, it is dinner time and i really, really want a burger and fries. i love the quarter pounder from mcd's. really hard to resist that!! my husband is on this vegetarian kick and i miss meat ...

Got any ideas for POTENT natural anti-inflamatory?

gerbear
  • By gerbear · Posted March 17, 2008
  • Discussion in Treatment of illness with herbs and supplements · 1 recommendation
  • Someone at my church yesterday told me that after 1 week of drinking this Mangoseeen juice she has had her arthritis pain cut in half in her swollen and discolored knees. She was doing leg lifts for me ...

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