by Sara | Apr 6, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
I don’t know how I would have survived chronic illness without my long-distance friendships. Many of my best friends live on the other side of the country — or world! But despite not even having met some of them, they have been there for me in ways that even in-person...
by Sara | Mar 30, 2020 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
So many chronically ill Christians feel so alone. Day after day, we struggle to get out of bed, to function through the pain, to hold on to hope. As years pass and we live in constant pain and unknowns, it’s hard. At first, people tend to bring meals and...
by Sara | Mar 27, 2020 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
GUESS WHAT? I’m doing my first ever live author reading of He’s Making Diamonds! And you’re invited. I’m going to be going live on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook at 10:00 AM PST tomorrow, Saturday, March 28th, and I’ll be reading a...
by Sara | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Everyone else is a little shell-shocked from COVID19,” my friend Pamela said,* “But as chronic illness warriors, we’ve been through this, and we know what to do.” After the phone call ended what she said got me thinking. She’s right. The COVID19 scare isn’t...
by Sara | Mar 16, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
I had something special planned to post today. But the past few days my heart has gone out to my fellow chronic illness warriors as the Coronavirus concern has intensified. They say that only the elderly and immunocompromised need to be worried. But the thing is,...
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...
