Glenna McPartland

Glenna McPartland Blogger, poet and singer determined to create new ways of surviving and thriving while living with chronic illness and chronic pain. I see you.🦓

Writing and music bring me healing and I hope they bring you the same and can help you feel less alone.

08/02/2026

“You look fine.” “You’re just anxious.” “Everyone is tired.” “Maybe it’s all stress.” If you live with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), there’s a good chance you’ve heard one—or many—of these phrases.…

08/02/2026

Sometimes I wonderwho I would have becomeif my body had never learnedthe language of pain. Would I wakewithout taking inventory?Without wonderingwhich joints will hold,which symptoms will arrive,ho…

07/23/2026

People know me as the womanwho writes about pain. The one who speaks of flares,hospital rooms,doctor’s appointments,and the quiet griefthat comes with livinginside a body that struggles. They know …

07/23/2026

When you live with a chronic illness, it can slowly begin to feel like it has swallowed every part of your life. Doctor’s appointments replace social outings.Symptoms become the first thing you thi…

07/20/2026

Living with a chronic illness often means becoming an expert in making impossible choices. Every invitation, appointment, celebration, concert, family gathering, or wedding comes with a silent ques…

07/18/2026

There have been so many empty chairswith my name written on them. So many plansthat became apologies. So many morningswhere hope packed my bag,only for painto unpack it again. I’ve watched life hap…

07/06/2026

Sometimes I worry that people only see the part of me that talks about chronic illness. My social media is filled with poems about pain. My blog is full of stories about living in a body that doesn…

07/03/2026

This morning, the pain still woke beside me. It still knew my name. But somewhere,between the acheand the sunrise, it loosened its grip. Not enoughto disappear— just enoughto let me breathewithout …

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