MaRoManias

Hey everyone! It’s Rosie again (๑>◡<๑) I just wanted to welcome you all to our very first H.A.R.U post, which will be a part of a bigger segment known as the Health and Recovery Unit. This segment was named after our invisible illnesses mascot Haru; if you’d like to learn more about him and how he came to be you can click here . Now on to the main event - I t’s fall here in Canada, the leaves are changing colours, the days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping, and I’m sure many arthritis sufferers can feel it in their bones… In honour of World Arthritis Day (October 12 th ) I wanted to talk about what arthritis is, my experience with it, and the tricks I’ve picked up along the way. So let’s get started! First of all, what is Arthritis? Arthritis is sort of an umbrella term used to describe an inflammation of the joint; and it can affect one or more joints throughout the body. What exactly is a joint? A joint is a place where two or more bones meet; and s...

Hey Everyone! It’s Rosie here ( ๑ > ◡ < ๑ ) You may have seen our previous comic “What are you barking at?” . In it we promised we’d share our second theory with you as to what we believe Zora, our furling, has been barking at. It will require some back story, so bear with us.   If you’ve read some of our other posts then you may already know I live with a few invisible chronic illnesses. It has definitely had its hurtles (good thing I was a fan of track & field). Some days it feels too hard to deal with; but throughout the years my sister Mandy has always tried to help me laugh about it and to look for the silver lining in things. She somehow always manages to find the best out of a bad situation. During one afternoon while we were watching TV, Zora scared us when she spontaneously started to furiously bark. Even after muting the TV we couldn’t hear anything, so we went to investigate what she could be barking at. She seemed to be particularly fixated in the dir...

(From left to right -> Mandy & Rosie) We have been wanting to start a blog for years now and finally did it! We’re still new to the game though so excuse our Noob status and we hope you enjoy our posts. Btw does the background from the image look familiar? It was inspired by a wallpaper of one of our favourite animes. That image was used as our Desktop wallpaper for years so it only felt right to do a little shout out! Can anyone guess which anime it’s from? Let us know.