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I have various symptom diaries that date from July 1996 through August 2013: -Spreadsheets with simple checkmarks. -Calendars with exhausted, nearly unreadable scrawbles. -Boxes filled in to represent mild-moderate-severe. -Specific: exact moment, ounce or mL. -Apps too time consuming to continue. The symptoms were spontaneous in nature occurring at any hour of the day or night. The only commonality was me: no pattern for precursor, time, or place. Two years ago Dr. R asked me to keep a symptom diary for two weeks and send it to him. I balked, then explained: the symptoms overlapped and occurred so frequently I wouldn't be able to attend to my job if I kept track of the exact minute each symptom befell me. I acquiesced; recorded symptoms in two hour increments, then faxed him a diary. Recently I've wondered.. What would a 'Fruits of the Spirit' diary look like? What if a crop of fruit spontaneously burst forth in my life unexpectedly and overlapped at all times of day or night, with no pattern for precursor, time, or place?
