Alive and living. Two different words. Two different meanings.

Purple is the official color for Fibromyalgia.  The butterfly is the official symbol for Fibromyalgia.  This picture and quote speak volumes to me.  I can't wait until we get a little more money rolling in.  I adore art, and I have a feeling there might be a lot of purple, flittery things hanging in my house in the near future.

I don't know who painted this, but I'm SO needing this for my house.

 "Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Anderson.

There are so many who can't understand why it's hard to be happy when you have Fibromyalgia.  We're not wishing for the moon, all we want is what you have.  Living just to be alive isn't living.  When you can't go anywhere, do anything, you can't even take a shower without wanting to die, the word "living" takes on a whole new meaning.  You're alive alight, but you're a prisoner to your own house, to your own body.  That's not living.