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...
by Sara | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
I haven’t had a birthday party since I turned fourteen. Let’s change that. Not with my own birthday party, but by throwing a party for my book baby, He’s Making Diamonds! On July 23rd, it will be turning two, and I have to say — I think my...
by Sara | Jul 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. Or any day this week. I didn’t want to face the day or the people in it — especially myself. Sitting here on the bathroom floor writing this after everyone else has gone to bed and the house is quiet — I don’t want to go...
by Sara | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of my best friends, Esther, over at StargazersForHim recently did the Liebster Blog Award, and I thought it’d be fun to jump in too. It’s been a while since I accepted one of these challenges. So what is The Liebster Award? Here’s the description...
by Sara | Jun 29, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers
I stared at myself in the mirror as I wearily leaned on the the counter, the feeling of lightheaded dizziness still making me unbalanced. I questioned what on earth was going on with me as tears started to fill my eyes. I’ve always gotten sick easily, had to watch...
by Sara | Jun 22, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers
Before I got Lyme disease, I based my identity on external things. I was a writer. I could sit down and spin stories and I loved it. It was what I wanted to be, and I staked so much of my identity within the sphere of writing. I was a reader. I would...
