✨ 100 Days of Wonder | Days 81-100
Our final round of wonder prompts… we are delving into compassion.
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Finding Wonder in the Work and the Wait
And in the ferocity of your compassion as you advocate for your own wellbeing, and that of others.
Well, life loves a good plot twist.
Last week, I went to my regular dermatologist appointment. You know… the kind where they look all over your body’s largest organ and make sure nothing is growing on it that shouldn’t be.
We are wrapping up, and she looks at my elbows and knee and says, “oh, how long have you had psoriasis?”
For context, I’ve been asking her for 2 years about those plaques… if they were psoriasis and have been repeatedly told they were eczema or allergic dermatitis. Despite looking and acting nothing like eczema or allergic anything. The same doctor.
I guess that day they were looking more recognizable? 🤷🏻♀️
Then I asked about the persistent fatigue and joint pain and other symptoms.
Oooooh, we need to get you to a rheumatologist.
Only to find out… there’s literally no rheumatology in this entire region that takes my insurance with openings before 2026… with the exception of one doctor who makes people worse based on his 1.7 star reviews— so we will not be going there.
I know how to read medical reports and dig for answers. It’s a finely honed skill set from growing up in hospitals due to birth abnormalities and 23 surgeries by the age of 13.
And later from advocating for loved ones and helping them navigate this bizarre maze of a broken health care system America has.
There’s something called the CASPAR classification criterion for helping to determine if someone has Psoriatic Arthritis. I won’t bore you with the details, but 0-6, 0 being no psoriasis-6 being you have it all and then some.
If you score a 3 or above, generally speaking, you are considered to have PsA… as far as I can tell.
Also, this is absolutely not medical advice because I’m not a trained medical professional. Just a very proactive patient.
Me. I scored a 6. And it explained a heap of weird symptoms I’ve never had answers for.
I don’t know whether I get a membership pin or not, but I have joined the special immune system society of autoimmune warriors. (Special Immune System is absolutely a term I got from
)So… yeah… I’ve got psoriatic arthritis. That’s why the pain/fatigue isn’t going away after the parathyroid surgery. And in some ways is worse because everything threw me into a major inflammation flare.
There is wonder here. Everything in our worlds tilts toward wonder and awe if we will let it.
Yes. EVEN here.
So Minnesota, is no longer optional. It’s my best shot at getting healthy. (My symptoms get way worse in heat.)
Maybe this sounds nostalgic… but there is wonder in working and in the waiting.
Not the work that traps you behind screens and ties you down with cords.
But the kind of work that invites you to stretch your muscles and move your bones as much as you can.
To notice plant leaves and get the earth under your fingernails
To be where your feet are. To bend low. Root out. Plow and plant and build.
My garden hasn’t really been touched in months. With all the health issues, it’s gone feral and what survived, well survived.
Kind of like life right now, honestly. It’s an apt metaphor.
After getting the news, I did the thing that is most counterintuitive to someone purging and packing her world… I went to our local garden shop and picked out plants and things to go in the ground.
I’m going to have to move, but I can tend the dirt here until I do.
It isn’t about the results right now, it’s about the relief of feeling life growing and thriving within something that which I have some control over.
And maybe a slightly more aesthetic garden will help this cottage sell sooner and help get me where I need to go.
There is wonder in the work of letting go.
Perhaps this little cottage is like the seed and whatever comes next will be vibrant, beautiful, and something I can barely conceive or imagine right now.
Mother’s Day this year fell on the same day/date combination as my mom’s passing five years ago. Sunday and Monday were mirrored bookends.
These 5 years, a womb of my own becoming.
Of finding the inheritance of identity, I would not have found any other way.
So often the answers we seek aren’t behind or before us, but within us.
The Wonder Habit® is a wheel leading us from Curiosity to Connection to Courage to Creativity to now Compassion.
Creativity helps us see and imagine the world and our situations in it in new ways. To see a bigger picture that helps us tell a better story for a kinder tomorrow.
For ourselves and for one another.
Our One-Word Wonder Prompts, Days 81-100
These are all about COMPASSION
And now for our regular reminder… you can use these prompts to watercolor, paper craft, bake, write… whatever creative expression you care to explore. But, I specifically curated them to be particularly effective as creative journaling prompts.
That being said… there is NO way to get this wrong. Seriously. You cannot mess this up. Not possible.
Certain words may speak to you more than others. You do not have to spend the same amount of time on each, or even do all of them.
For our paid subscribers, you have your extended prompt list at the end of this post.
Let’s jump in! I can’t wait to see what you create. Remember, if you share your posts on Instagram, tag them with #100daysofwonder2025 so we can find one another.
81 | Kindred
82 | Nurture
83 | Shelter
84 | Soothe
85 | Tender
86 | Hold
87 | Gentle
88 | Restore
89 | Warmth
90 | Mend
91 | Cradle
92 | Soften
93 | Generous
94 | Offer
95 | Heal
96 | Comfort
97 | Mercy
98 | Uplift
99 | Listen
100 | Radiate
As always, thank you so much for spending time and being here. This wouldn’t be the same without you.
