by Sara | Aug 17, 2020 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
I rubbed the palm of my left hand with my right thumb. Circle after circle after circle. I could barely focus on what everyone was saying through the pain. If I moved, I might throw up. I was sitting in small group (back when we squished on couches in the same...
by Sara | Aug 10, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
I got an email from a chronically ill reader recently. My heart twinged as I read the last two sentences. “how am i suppose to just be fine about this chronic illness? do you have any advice?” I think every chronic illness warrior eventually ends up at this...
by Sara | Aug 3, 2020 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
Being an author can be a very lonely business. You do all your work in a notebook or on your laptop, holed up in your own brain. Some writers prefer to write in total silence. Some writers prefer to write in coffee shops or parks or in the living room of a loud...
by Sara | Jul 27, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
I was watching a break-up video on YouTube. Yeah, that says a lot about how far down the YouTube black hole I fell during the window of time I’d set aside for practicing self-care. Oops. But she said something about brokenness that made me think. What if being...
by Sara | Jul 23, 2020 | Book News & Recs, Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery, Uncategorized
It’s funny. My actual birthday was just over a month ago. But I would have been happy to totally ignore it. July 23rd, on the other hand, has become much more of a mile marker in my life. Rather than my birthday, it’s the day I celebrate, and the day I look back over...
