{"id":1706,"date":"2026-04-14T20:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:14:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:44:41","slug":"trying-not-to-focus-on-your-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/trying-not-to-focus-on-your-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Proud While In Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I do my best not to dwell on my pain. Some days are easier than others. I have dealt with Fibromyalgia and Lupus for over a decade and pretty much know what affects me. Some days, though, are a beast!<\/p>\n<p>During the past decade, I graduated 5 more kiddos from our homeschool as well as shuffled our family back and forth to many a music venue. I have seen my boys become men and three daughters become wives. The past decade has been unbelievable with pain as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/s684790653.onlinehome.us\/?p=1396\">many challenges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, I am having a proud Momma moment. See, I have sons serving in the military and I listen to their stories when they call me-both triumphant and sorrowful. Today is a grand day! One son is fulfilling his childhood dreams today. This makes all my pain seem to dim a bit in the reality of his happiness!\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Pain is a funny thing. When we dwell on our pain, life seems bleak. When we have something else to place our attentions on, it helps so much!!!<\/h3>\n<p>To see his smiling face in the photo he sent me will forever be branded in my mind. Today I feel like I am a blessed Momma. Not all days makes me feel that way. It is true. I am only human&#8230; I have ups and downs same as anyone else. Most days, I am my own cheerleader. Today I am cheering for my son!<\/p>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s take each little victory as it comes!!<\/h2>\n<p>If you suffer from Fibromyalgia and\/or Lupus, pain will be your constant companion. I hope in your neck of the woods you can find something to think upon to help your pain wan a bit. Ask the Lord to help you focus on someone or something else and see how that helps you. Even if it&#8217;s only for five minutes, that is an achievement and time not dwelling on how you feel. So, put your feet up and see how it goes!<\/p>\n<p>God Bless- The Fibro-Lupus Momma of Ten<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1283\" src=\"http:\/\/s684790653.onlinehome.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-595x793.jpg 595w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190603_180218-1-e1559603869603-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do my best not to dwell on my pain. Some days are easier than others. I have dealt with Fibromyalgia and Lupus for over a decade and pretty much know what affects me. Some days, though, are a beast! During the past decade, I graduated 5 more kiddos from our homeschool as well as&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/trying-not-to-focus-on-your-pain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Proud While In Pain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefibro-lupusbutterfly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}