Pause, almost over?

So, you have noticed my absence and missed me!

I have been so busy with my father moving, getting ready to sell his old house (the one I still live in), and enjoying the weather (not really, my allergies are killing me), and teaching Tiny, that I haven't posted anything new in quite some time! Since he moved, we have realized that autopay on for the internet stopped when we all of the sudden had no internet! GASP!!! (dramatically puts back of hand to forehead and faints)

Hope for COPD is important to me, so I will be back full blast in September. After the internet outage, I came back online to several thousand emails which I promptly deleted versus trying to sift through all of them. I will be scheduling all tweets for September and October this month because I will be moving at the end of August or sometime in September,down to Missouri with my father, unless plans change.

If you have emailed me and need to speak with me, or would like to work on a collaborative post, please email me. Also, if you would like to write a guest post, about your experience with having COPD I would LOVE to help you get your story out! (I love hearing your personal experiences as well) so even if you do not want it posted, I would love to hear it!)

We have such a variety of different experiences that could help someone else better adjust to living with COPD, that even if you do not want your story published, it could serve as a reference for me in conversation with someone else.

Can't wait to be back full time! I have really missed you all!

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