by Sara | Jan 7, 2020 | Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
“How are you?” she asks me as we walk. “I’m doing better than last night.” I pull my scarf up further. “I kinda hit a wall and I still don’t feel great, but I’m hanging in there. How are you?” She shrugs. “I’m not a complainer.” I bristle. At...
by Sara | Dec 30, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Uncategorized
There is probably a better way to title this post, but I have so many exciting things to share, I wasn’t sure how to squeeze it all in. ? But as you all know by now unless you’ve been hiding in a Hobbit hole somewhere (an activity I slightly envy), Diamonds 2020 is...
by Sara | Dec 23, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Maybe you’re missing family. Maybe your chronic illness is making a mess of things. Maybe you’re snowed in. Maybe you don’t have a hickory honey ham. Maybe you moved to a new place, and your usual traditions are disrupted. Maybe you had a recent break-up or friendship...
by Sara | Dec 16, 2019 | Living With Health Challenges, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning
It’s Christmas time. To many, the most wonderful time of the year. And it was for me all throughout my childhood. But when I got sick, it became a little more difficult. Chronic illness forced me to miss out on many holiday activities and traditions, and in addition...
by Sara | Dec 9, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
This past week at Young Life (a youth ministry I volunteer for), one girl wore a cape. Granted, it was a few days after Halloween, but I thought it was awesome. Today, I want to encourage you to put on a cape. Who cares what Edna says? It’s too soon to quit....
by Sara | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
HELP WANTED: Hype Team Ideal Candidate: Has experience being excited Enjoys sharing exciting things with others Likes the Diamonds conference Appreciates knowing things before other people Has a heart to love God’s people Additional Helpful Qualifications: Has...
by Sara | Nov 29, 2019 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
It’s time for the annual big indie Black Friday sale! Whoop whoop! I’ve joined a bunch of other indie authors and collectively there are almost 300 books that are on sale for 99 cents or free. How awesome is that? I’m an author, so I guess I’m...
by Sara | Nov 25, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
I live near the tourist town of Sedona, Arizona. It’s where we go to the grocery store and where my doctor’s office is. The main attraction of Sedona is the huge, red rocks. They form towers and arches and mountains. You know the movie The Martian? Sedona kinda looks...
by Sara | Nov 18, 2019 | Book News & Recs, Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery, Uncategorized
I was determined to start this blog post with some kind of epic and mysterious fictional quote from the Lord of the Rings or something about secrets and surprises, but after ten minutes searching for the perfect one, I gave up. Nevermind that not giving up is like one...
by Sara | Nov 11, 2019 | Guest Writers, Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges
Today we have a guest post that I’m SUPER excited about. Hannah has guest posted on this blog before, and I’m delighted to welcome her back. Today she is sharing about a topic I’ve been wrestling with a lot lately: going to college when it means...
