by Sara | Oct 28, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery, Uncategorized
Recently, I’ve received some heart-breaking DMs and texts and emails from you all. Many of you are hurting, so much. Which is understandable. Chronic illness is not easy. But many of you are facing unimaginable trials and struggles on top of it all. So today, I...
by Sara | Sep 16, 2019 | Guest Writers, Mental Struggles
Today we have a guest post from my friend Natalie Marie encouraging all those contemplating suicide that they are loved and valued and worth fighting for. Sometimes the hardest people to fight for is ourselves, and I know that a lot of chronically ill people struggle...
by Sara | Aug 5, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Toxic Mold Poisoning
I spent hours sitting in front of the toilet, waiting for the nausea to die down. When I finally worked up the willpower, I climbed into bed with my trashcan. I fell asleep holding my trashcan, late into the night, long after the world was asleep. It wasn’t...
by Sara | Feb 5, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
Hello everyone! Sorry I’m a day late. 🙂 To be honest, I’m still recovering from a health crash right after the conference. That, and I’ve been working on some book-related stuff. So this week I don’t have a normal post, but you’ll have to...
by Sara | Jul 23, 2018 | Book News & Recs, Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning, Uncategorized
Three years ago today, I got sick. I got sick, and I never got better. I was newly fourteen and looking forward to learning how to drive, to picking summer berries, and learning to salmon fish. But instead, I found myself sick, and not getting better. But I’d...
by Sara | Jun 19, 2018 | Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
Wow is it hard to find clean comedies, y’all! Not to mention well-done ones. Anyone agreed? Whoa, whoa, not everyone at once, people. 😉 For the past few months my doctor has limited me to watching comedies, and I’ve discovered that they can be difficult to...