by Sara | Aug 5, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Toxic Mold Poisoning
I spent hours sitting in front of the toilet, waiting for the nausea to die down. When I finally worked up the willpower, I climbed into bed with my trashcan. I fell asleep holding my trashcan, late into the night, long after the world was asleep. It wasn’t...
by Sara | Jul 30, 2019 | Navigating Healing & Recovery
I would hide in the closet and sob. I would scream into a pillow or blanket, shaking. I would pound my fists into the floor, unable to take the irrational lies pounding through my head. It would last for an hour at a time, and I couldn’t escape it. These were my worst...
by Sara | Jul 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! IT’s BOOK BIRTHDAY TIME! Do you remember this day a year ago?! It was a surprisingly mundane day for me. I took a therapy horse ride ridiculously early in the morning, I went to the doctor . . . oh yeah, and I published and launched a...
by Sara | Jul 17, 2019 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
My little baby is growing up so fast! In less than ONE week, my first book-baby will be turning one year old. I haven’t even thought about a smash cake yet! Though I’m not sure I’d want a book to smash a cake. That’d be funny though. Okay sorry, off topic. Anyway....
by Sara | Jul 15, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
My brother laughs at the number of novel-length texts I get every day. But I don’t mind it. I send me own share of novel-length texts. And if I can help someone by being a mentor, bring it on. As chronically ill people, we aren’t often able to serve the body of...
by Sara | Jul 8, 2019 | Living With Health Challenges
I haven’t achieved my dreams yet. Have you? All of them? Are you fresh out of dreams? Yeah, I didn’t think so. (If you are, it’s time to take another look at Scripture and realize God has a special plan for your whole life . . . and after, too. So dream.) What...
by Sara | Jun 25, 2019 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
You care. You see them struggling. You hear them crying at night when they think everyone else is sleeping. You see them wince at unexpected triggers as memories resurface. You see them nervously start to fidget when you pass the hospital on the way to church. You see...
by Sara | Jun 17, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
God, I know I’m not supposed to bow down to this guilt. In You there is freedom, right? But I feel so trapped by the guilt. It eats at me. It keeps me up at night. It tints every conversation, all my interactions. It changes my actions, makes me try to repay love....
by Sara | Jun 10, 2019 | Living With Health Challenges
Wonder and amazement and fear and hurt flooded my heart when I saw her cap and gown picture in my feed. My peers are all enjoying their last moments before going off the college or whatever they’re doing next. They’re working jobs and taking trips and celebrating...
by Sara | Jun 3, 2019 | Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Confession: This is my 4th attempt at a blog post for this week. There are two reasons for this. The first is, I’ve reached the point in my healing journey where I’m supposed to be pushing myself physically. So I’ve spent a lot more time than usual doing activities...
