Has chronic illness stolen your dreams?

Have you ever wondered what your purpose is on this earth as you live with chronic illness?

Has chronic illness forced you to let go of some of your dreams? Are you finding it difficult to demonstrate resilience and pursue different dreams?

Do you struggle to maintain friendships due to pain in your life, or because you’re “different” than those around you?

Y’all, I relate. It’s SO HARD.

Back in 2017, I wrote:

“I dream of being a wife and a mother someday. I dream of being a writer and an author. I dream of being an overseas worker. But how can I be a wife and a helper when I need so much help myself? How can I parent children someday if I can’t even manage myself? How can I be a writer if I can’t even answer my mom’s simple question? How can I be an overseas worker if I can’t leave the house? For so many very big reasons, it feels like those can’t happen in the ways that I dream of. It’s hard because these are good dreams, they feel like God-given dreams even!”

It hurt. I wept. And wept and wept. I was sad and scared and angry.

If any of that describes you, we are so excited to tell you that our next Diamonds Conference will bring you encouragement in these areas. This isn’t public until Monday, but I am DELIGHTED to share with you our theme for the Diamonds 2022 Summer Event…

Dream Again!

If you’ve been around a while, you know the drill (just skip to the bottom and register!) but if you’re new, I’d love to share what this is all about and why I’m so ridiculously excited. (I’m only slightly crazy, I promise)

When is the Diamonds 2022 Summer Event? 

The Diamonds 2022 Summer event will occur June 24th-25th, 2022.

What does Diamonds 2022 cost?

You can join live for free (so make sure you register!), and if you miss anything you will be able to view the recorded version by purchasing the all-access pass.

Because we know that many chronically ill warriors face burdensome medical bills and because our goal is to uplift instead of adding just one more thing, Diamonds 2022 is 100% free while it’s live. You will be able to purchase an all-access pass after the live workshop in case you miss anything or you would like to re-watch the conference at a later time.

Who is speaking?

This year, we have speakers from around the world, and each of these amazing people has a special message of hope and compassion to share with you out of their own experiences with long-term illness. Some of our topics include:

• Grieving lost dreams
• Discovering new dreams
• Trusting God in the unknown
• Faith and hope during the in-between (psst- this is the topic I’m speaking on! ;))
• Communicating grief and hope to others

Some of our speakers this summer are:

• Cassidy Poe
• Tera Bradham DeNeui
• Yours truly!
• Erica Baldwin
• Tasha Marie Brown

Where is Diamonds 2022?

All Diamonds events are completely online. We know that traveling with an illness is difficult, so we want to bring this right to you — even if you’re in a hospital bed or are housebound.

Ready to jump in and register for this amazing event? Click the button below!

Please let us know if you have any questions by emailing us at conference.diamonds@gmail.com, or by simply commenting on this post! (Or even if you’re simply excited and don’t have questions 😉 I NEED PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE WITH)

SO EXCITED to see you at Diamonds Summer 2022: Dream Again! 

Serving Christ, 

Sara & The Diamonds Team