by Sara | Apr 15, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
“Sara, I’m really struggling right now. Hearing my mom say “I didn’t think that we were in a position that we could really afford that right now” really hurts. Because I know its because of my health and everything included in doctor visits.” I read the message as my...
by Sara | Apr 8, 2019 | Guest Writers, Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Welcome everyone! Today we have a guest post from author and blogger Hannah Gaudette about allergies — enjoy! I want to tell you a story. A girl with severe food allergies attended a family get-together. The host had been informed of her allergies, but assured...
by Sara | Mar 29, 2019 | Book News & Recs, Detoxing, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
The last month or two, we’ve been talking about how our pain is often a microphone (as Levi Lusko puts it in his book Through The Eyes of a Lion) and what to do with that microphone. You can find parts one, two, and three by clicking on them, but today I want to wrap...
by Sara | Mar 25, 2019 | Guest Writers, Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges
Today we have a guest post from Annie, a young author! I hope that you enjoy her thoughts about overcoming anxiety and when you’re done, don’t forget to visit her blog to read my interview with her! I remember staring at a red alarm clock night after...
by Sara | Mar 18, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Rose. Brenda. Marie. Ashley. Hope.* Me. I hate it. I HATE how many hearts are broken right now. Crushed. How many feel beyond defeated. And how many feel so, so alone. With a loneliness that nothing can alleviate. A loneliness that traps us, gripping us in its iron...
by Sara | Mar 11, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Read part one of this series here, and part two here. “I was talking with a dear girl the other day. I mentioned my call to serve hurting hearts, although recently I had rather balked at it. She asked if it wouldn’t it be lonely to serve hurting hearts and depressing...
by Sara | Mar 4, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
“Pain is a microphone,” Levi Lusko writes in his book Through The Eyes of Lion, “And the more it hurt, the louder you get.” Wow, is that such a powerful — and true — statement. Are you currently in pain? Physical or emotional? I am. And recently, more and more, I’ve...
by Sara | Feb 25, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Hey you. Yes, you. The one going through life with your head down. The shy one. The one bedridden. The one whose chronic illness has left you stranded within four walls, unconnected to the outside world. The lonely one. And most of all — the hurting one. Perhaps right...
by Sara | Feb 18, 2019 | Navigating Healing & Recovery
“How are you?” my friend asked. “I’m okay. The joint pain is increased and the brain fog is frustrating.” “Aw, I’m sorry! Praying for you!” she said. “Oh, it’s fine. It’s been worse.” You’d think saying that would comfort me, but instead my heart twinges. Sure, it’s...
by Sara | Feb 11, 2019 | Girls Only, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Dear Future Husband Hey Mister, There have been many a day as a young girl when I wondered if you existed. When I wondered who you were and what you were doing and how I would ever meet you. There have been many a night when I prayed for you, asking my Prince of Peace...
