by Sara | Mar 9, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
You know how people choose words for the year sometimes? I’d tried it once before, but I never really got it and my word didn’t seem to have anything to do with my year. But on New Year’s Eve this year, I decided to try it once again. I prayerfully wrestled...
by Sara | Mar 2, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Author’s Note: I’m scared to publish this. Yep. It’s messy and emotional and a little too vulnerable. I thought giving it three weeks would help, but nope, three weeks after writing this I’m still scared to share this with anyone. But...
by Sara | Feb 24, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery
“I just finished the Pentatuach!” “Congratulations!” My brother isn’t usually that sincere, but he was that day. Reading Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy so close together can be tricky for our low attention spans. I mean seriously, why do we need to...
by Sara | Feb 17, 2020 | Girls Only, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
Happy Valentine’s Day! I know that Valentine’s Day can be hard when you have a chronic illness for a lot of reasons. Holidays in general are difficult when you’re sick, since it can be hard to participate in the celebrations going on. Lately,...
by Sara | Jan 15, 2020 | Book News & Recs, Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
There is nothing quite like the panic leading up to release day and the relief of successfully making it to release day in one piece. But we did it! I jumped through Amazon’s hoops for the third time, and the Diamonds 2020: Fighting Together study guide is now...
by Sara | Jan 13, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
So often as spoonies we can feel useless. Maybe we don’t always use that word, but it sure seems like we can’t serve God or other people very well while chronically ill. Other people can volunteer at summer camps and lead Bible studies and go to 4th of July parades,...
