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Reclaiming My Life
We can only think one thought at a time. What are We can only think one thought at a time. What are you thankful for? Me? Afternoon drives with my husband. You? Sweatshirt from @ellyandgrace. (You must check out their fall line. You won’t be disappointed.) #thankful, #grateful, #blessed, #ellyandgrace, #preacherpatty, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Happy Friday. That is my testimonial for the grea Happy Friday. That is my testimonial for the great coaching I’ve received from @ryanrteal of @prs_and_donuts. Once I realized my worth, the weight loss followed. Remember that you matter! You ARE worth it. I believe in you! #wordstoliveby, #encouragement, #fightforyourself, #youareworthit, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Wellness Wednesday: RA hand exercise #3. I don’t think there’s a name for this one other than keep trying Patty, you’ll get this. You know I’ve always lived by the motto #slowandsteadywinstherace. These exercises are saved in my highlights. #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #wellnesswednesday, #rheumatoidexercises
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountai Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. William Penn #preacherpatty, #sundaysermon, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Day 5 of The Ultimate Reset. I’ve had a lot of Day 5 of The Ultimate Reset. I’ve had a lot of inflammation for a lot of months now due to something I can’t write about or I’ll get flagged but I’m also not against but I’d still get flagged. (See my RA hand highlights). When I was younger and in training to be a minister we would do 7-day colon cleanses. The process was awful but the feeling of health was incredible. I definitely did not want to go that drastic, so when I saw that @emily.fauver was going to start a 21-day reset, I wanted in. I don’t eat sugar or processed food normally so I’m not having any headaches or withdrawals. I’m hoping that it is another avenue to rid myself of inflammation and get full use of that right hand again. Tonight’s supper was stir fry veggies on brown rice and some Miso soup. I’ll try to share throughout the challenge with you all. Any questions? You can comment below or message me. Have a great weekend. #goodbyeinflammation, #notabeachbodycoach, #reclaim, #reset, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Encouragement! One of the purposes of this page. Encouragement! One of the purposes of this page. Happy Thursday! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Wellness Wednesday- RA Hand Exercise #2 My Rheum Wellness Wednesday- RA Hand Exercise #2 My Rheumatologist (who I love) sent me to Occupational Therapy. I’m going to share one exercise weekly on Wednesdays that I am doing to strengthen my right hand. I will save these to my highlights too. The second one is called The Prayer Stretch. I do 10 reps twice a day every day. This is one of the easiest exercises for me and it feels the best. Hope this helps. Drop any questions below. ⬇️⬇️ #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime.
#today #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motiv #today #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Wellness Wednesday- RA Hand Exercise #1 My Rheum Wellness Wednesday- RA Hand Exercise #1 My Rheumatologist (who I love) sent me to Occupational Therapy. I’m going to share one exercise weekly on Wednesdays that I am doing to strengthen my right hand. I will save these to my highlights too. The first one is called Seated Claw Fist AROM. I do 10 reps twice a day every day. (I can tell the days I don’t do it. My fingers are very stiff.). Make sure to keep your wrist straight. Hope this helps. Drop any questions below. ⬇️⬇️ #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
She is clothed in strength and dignity and she lau She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future. Proverbs 31:25. We prayed for this day. We believed for this day—even when there was no man in the picture. But we knew and we know that God’s promises are TRUE! Congratulations to one of my best friends @steph_0226 for marrying @mr_tolle_donian — for finding each other and believing to move forward together in this crazy thing we call life! Who knew - way back when - during our weekly Bible studies that 8/28 would be so great? (God knew). Love you both so much. Thank you for letting us share in this wonderful day with you. #sundaysermon, #preacherpatty, #godspromisesaretrue, #friendshipneverends, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #overcominganxiety, #believinggod
Never*Give*Up. Have a great weekend! #reclaiming Never*Give*Up. Have a great weekend! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Western Colorado Senior Games: 🥇- 3 🥈- 3 🏊‍♀️ - made new friends 🏊‍♀️. - swam pain free 🙌 🏊‍♀️- 3 hours of pure joy #girlsjustwanttohavefun, #westerncoloradoseniorgames, #seniorgames, #swimming, #orchardmesapool, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
I haven’t been this excited about a monthly club I haven’t been this excited about a monthly club since my mom let me buy a Scholastic book each month in grade school. @ellyandgrace has a monthly inspirational shirt subscription. It’s called the Grace Club. This was the first months package and I love it. You can choose between neutral colors and bright colors. I chose bright. It’s 24.99 a month. Check it out at www.ellyandgrace.com. #blessed, #ellyandgrace, #wearyourfaith, #idratherseeasermonthanhearone, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
It’s a new morning - may this day bless you with It’s a new morning - may this day bless you with all things wonderful! #choosejoy, #motivationmonday, #morningviews, #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
I love spending the holidays with my family of 5. I love spending the holidays with my family of 5. It’s important to me for many reasons. So I know it took some courage for my son to tell me that he would be missing the holidays at home during his Senior Year of college. (He was a sophomore at the time.) He said he was planning to go to Nepal on a school trip. If you have been following me for awhile, you know I used to have a doctorate in worrying. When he told me this I was in the active stage of gaining my doctorate in “trust.” So this was a true test. I read a lot of Max Lucado to help me with this overcoming worry (Dale Carnegie too.) I found a statistic that was something like 80% (or more) of what we worry about never comes to pass. So I decided I wasn’t going to spend any time worrying about my son’s future trip to Nepal. I could handle the fact he wouldn’t be home for the holidays – but Nepal? I didn’t know much about Nepal and just knew he would be far away and what if something happened? Well turns out that his Senior year was December of 2020 and nobody was going anywhere. What if I had wasted every day of 2018, 2019 and 2020 worrying about this trip to Nepal? And then it didn’t even happen? One of Max Lucado’s quotes is “Worry is to joy what a Hoover vacuum cleaner is to dirt: might as well attach your heart to a happiness-sucker and flip the switch.” (Pretty accurate.) In January of 2021, this same child started talking about wanting to do a 100-mile bike ride. I didn’t really pay attention too much. Other than I thought he was crazy and kids are crazy and surely this would pass….. More at www.reclaimingpatty.com.
For me it’s been a tougher than usual week. But For me it’s been a tougher than usual week. But every day is a new day. With every day comes a new batch of compassion made freshly available to us. God’s compassion is poured out from an infinite store; His mercies will never run out. Some mornings we get up on the wrong side of the bed, but even there we find God’s mercies awaiting us. We have a lot to be thankful for and that’s what I choose to think about. I’ll never forget my trainer telling me to talk about what I can do; not what I can’t do. Same thing in life. Talk about all I’m blessed with; not what I’m not blessed with. Shirt is from @ellyandgrace Great teaching on forgiveness by my sister Teresa Guigou and her husband @dadfalconfan can be found on www.the way.org. Click on STS replay. 🙏 for the situation in Afghanistan. #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime, #sundaysermon, #preacherpatty
RA hand update: definitely saw progress from all RA hand update: definitely saw progress from all the hand exercises I did. Also identified some new areas of concern. Hopeful is the word of the day though! No weight lifting for awhile but swimming, walking, and hiking are all a “go” for movement. Hope you are having a great Tuesday! #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
Made a weekly plan yesterday. Went on my morning Made a weekly plan yesterday. Went on my morning walk and BAM! curveball! I wrote a very frustrating e-mail to my trainer that I did not send. I wrote the followers in my texting group. I got a lot of encouragement back. One was Pause. Pray. Proceed. I took a few of those deep breaths recommended by my Rheumatologist and reset. I still made it to the pool. 🙌🙌. I still have some steps to make up, but I’m feeling more positive about it. How’s your Monday going? #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
My 19 year old son said something to me last night My 19 year old son said something to me last night that when I try to tell someone about it, it brings me to tears. Let me take you back to last night. A friend of mine has a daughter in middle school and on day one of school, this girl is already being bullied. That got my son, my husband and I talking about my son’s days in middle school. They were NOT fun for me as a parent. I started telling him about how I advocated for him and I read him an e-mail I had written to the Principal after a certain teacher had resorted to name calling. My son said, something like “I had no idea you were advocating for me.” “But it makes sense, mom. That’s who you are.” Then we started talking about my days working at his middle school in the Special Ed classroom. …. To read the rest go to reclaimingpatty.com. It’s the first post and it’s title is You Matter. Shirt from @ellyandgrace #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime
God has always stood with me and given me strength God has always stood with me and given me strength. From the time I was 9 months old in the hospital in 1962 and the doctor placed me in God’s hands to my adult life just a few years ago where despite being a Christian minister, I felt more lost than i ever had before to today when I know who I am in Christ and I wear my faith as often as I can. I know God stands with me and gives me strength. Shirt from @ellyandgrace CO sky due to CA fires #reclaimingmylife, #gettinghealthy, #motivation, #progressnotperfection, #healthylifestyle, #health #wlstories, #nsv, #rheumatoidarthritiswarrior, #hashimotoswarrior, #reclaimingpatty, #slowandsteadywinstherace, #youmatter, #kindness, #pattysfreshperspective, #samehere, #onedayatatime, #ellyandgrace, #sundaysermon, #preacherpatty
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We can only think one thought at a time. What are you thankful for?
Happy Friday. That is my testimonial for the great coaching I’ve received from @ryanrteal of @prs_and_donuts. Once I realized my worth, the weight loss followed. Remember that you matter! You ARE worth it. I believe in you!
Wellness Wednesday: RA hand exercise #3.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
Day 5 of The Ultimate Reset. I’ve had a lot of inflammation for a lot of months now due to something I can’t write about or I’ll get flagged but I’m also not against but I’d still get flagged. (See my RA hand highlights).
Encouragement! One of the purposes of this page. Happy Thursday!

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