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 | Feb 10, 2020 | Gut and Food
Are you on a diet? Many people with chronic illnesses are put on diets. There are so many kinds — Keto, AIP, Vegan, Paleo . . . the list goes on. I’ve been on a modified AIP diet for years now, and before that, Paleo. That first year was hard. Even the smell of food I...