All About Me in ABCs

Kerissa • August 17, 2012

Today is a blog-for-fun kind of day.  I’m still healing up and resting from my stellate ganglion block, so I haven’t been able to do much still.  So anyways, I got this idea from another blog that I follow.  I’m tweaking it a little, but I can tell this is gonna be fun!  Enjoy!

A-Age : 19- my 20th birthday is in less than 2 months!  Crazy!  
B-Bed size : Twin- My feet don’t even touch the end of the bed!  Haha!

C-Chore you hate : Cleaning the bathroom- But my awesome sis has kindly taken over since I haven’t been able to do things like that since around 2010 due to being diagnosed with CRPS
D-Favorite dog : a husky
E-Easiest thing to do everyday: smile
F-Favorite color : It used to be pink when I was a little girl, but I have to say I now love green and purple!
G-Gold or silver : I want a silver wedding ring.
H-Height : I am only 4’10″ish.  I always wanted to reach 5 feet, but that unfortunately never happened!
I-Instruments you play : violin and piano- My sis taught me violin when I was 10, so I played for about 9 years.  It’s kinda up in the air now as this left arm and hand pain keeps staying with me!  Thankfully, I can play the piano.  I taught myself when I was 10ish.
J-Job title : No job as of now.  But on the 28th of August, I will be starting to volunteer in Providence St. Vincent’s NICU!!  So stoked!
K-kids : no kids now- I hope to have 6 or more when I get married!
L-Live : In Oregon.  I have a love/hate relationship with it.
M-Milk : I love milk.  The end.
N- Nicknames : I have no nicknames, but my sis always said I loved the name “Keri” (pronounced “curry”) when I was a little girl.  I guess I thought that was funny or something!
O-Overnight hospital stay : I’ve never had an overnight hospital stay, but I have had 3 surgeries and too many procedures to count!
P-Pet peeves : I have a pet peeve with the food pantry in our kitchen.  Every week, it gets cluttered and messy, so I always fix it up and organize it..its neatness never lasts tho.’
Q-Quote from a movie : Frodo: “I wish none of this had happened.” Gandalf: “So do all who live to see such times.  But that is not for them to decide.  All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.  There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.” -from the LOTR movie
R-Right/lefty : Righty
S- Siblings : I have an older brother and sister and a younger brother.  They’re the best!
T-Time you wake up : I have to admit I’ve been waking up at 9-10 AM lately…but I have an excuse.  I take 2 nerve pain drugs that cause drowsiness, and before getting this stellate ganglion block, I never slept well cuz of the pain.
U-Umbrella : I had my own pink umbrella when I was little.  It had green trimming!
V-Veggies you dislike : chard, olives, and brussel sprouts, to name a few
W-What makes me sad : babies/children with congenital heart defects or cancer
X-X-rays you’ve had : lots of foot x-rays, hand x-rays, and spinal x-rays

Y-Yuck : spiders, whether big or little!
Z-Zoo animal : baby elephant

October prayer request

By Kerissa Lee • October 19, 2025
Dear friends, At the beginning of October, I started taking a new medication for the autoimmune disease. I thought I was tolerating it just fine, but after several days passed, I began experiencing nausea, loss of appetite, weakness all over, and increased pain. 🙁 It’s like I’m experiencing another “mito crash.” I found out that this specific lupus medication affects mitochondria. That is, it causes an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This, in turn, causes cell damage and oxidative stress. I sure wish the rheumatologists would have known about this before prescribing. But I have to remember that Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome is rare, and they’re not “mito experts.” Anyways, the last time I felt like this was back in May.. I’m so grateful to God that I haven’t needed to be hospitalized from this, but at the same time, I’m also sad that this happened at all, especially because I had such a nice stretch of stable health. I’d really appreciate your prayers, that this muscle weakness can resolve soon, and that this increased pain all over will get back to my baseline. Every time I have a “mito crash,” it feels like I’m fighting the flu which always sucks. The pain has been hard to bear. And whenever I’m in the thick of it, it’s difficult to remember that this too will eventually pass. 😢 Pray that I will endure and follow Jesus’ example like this passage from Hebrews 12:1-2– “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross...” Thank you all so much for praying for me. ❤️

Thank you! (+ a prayer request)

By Kerissa Lee • October 4, 2025
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." James 1:2-3

Praises & Prayer Requests

By Kerissa Lee • September 3, 2025
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23