by Sara | Sep 14, 2020 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
Eeep! This has been a long time coming, but I’ve kept it under wraps. However, the time is here. I’m gonna do it. Starting next Monday, I’m going to be launching a YouTube channel! Like, a real one. ? Where I post regularly (every other week, actually). ...
by Sara | Sep 7, 2020 | Guest Writers, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
My name is Jemma-Tiffany. I have a rare condition called hyperacusis. My childhood was very different than most kids, I have been unable to attend social events, stores, most public places, listen to music, wash dishes, go on vacation, or even take showers because the...
by Sara | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
“How was your day?” I filled my water at the sink. “Good! I responded to a lot of emails from people telling me their life stories and then asking me for advice I’m in no way qualified to give.” My mom half-laughed. “What do you tell them when you...
by Sara | Aug 24, 2020 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
“So often people say to stop crying when someone is crying or struggling. But I don’t get it.” “Neither do I.” The thing is, comforting someone crying and struggling is my comfort zone. Making small talk and deciphering a new social situation is not. ...
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...
