by Sara | Sep 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Well, that was fun. 😀 I hope you enjoyed the launch of my website as much as I did! I was so excited, and it’s been so wonderful to see how much you all like it. I’m so blessed to have such supportive readers. But that’s not why you clicked on this,...
by Sara | Sep 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Well, ta-da! Look around, what do you think? Isn’t this much better than the ugly green that was hard on your eyes? I feel like a real author. XD Today we have a lot of celebrating to do. I honestly didn’t realize it until I’d already planned today...
by Sara | Sep 3, 2018 | Navigating Healing & Recovery
This post was inspired in part by the lovely Angela’s poem here. I didn’t want to get out of bed that morning. The night had been long, but yet somehow not long enough . . . all at the same time. My bed was warm and cozy, my eyelids were heavy, and my body...
by Sara | Aug 27, 2018 | Navigating Healing & Recovery
“I was reading the chapter In My Weakness in your book last night,” a friend told me, “I know it’s hard to be transparent, but I think you chose the right method–to use your illness to bring honor and glory to God. So many people hide it...
by Sara | Aug 23, 2018 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
As of today, He’s Making Diamonds: A Teen’s Thoughts on Faith Through Chronic Illness has officially been published for one month. Ah! How crazy is that?! I’ve been a published author for one entire month. My baby has been out in the world for one...
by Sara | Aug 21, 2018 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Well, a Monday not so long ago, I didn’t have a blog post. My creativity was gone from the scramble to get He’s Making Diamonds published, and I had long since run out of prescheduled blog posts dues to health issues in the past. I decided that what with...
by Sara | Aug 14, 2018 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
…continued from previous post: Trying to help someone is scary… what if we say the wrong thing? What if our help makes it worse? How do we know what in the world to say or do? And I’m pretty sure no one knows what the exact right thing is to say or...
by Sara | Aug 7, 2018 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Last week, I posted an open letter to a friend, telling her that I would fight with her, and urging you to do the same with those in your life. But today, I thought it would be helpful to talk about ways we can fight with those in our lives. So often, we want to help,...
by Sara | Jul 31, 2018 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Dear sweet, hurting, sister, You are so precious. I am so thankful for your friendship and I won’t let you fight this alone. I refuse to back down, and I will keep speaking the truth as long as you need it. Don’t apologize to me, and don’t hesitate...
by Sara | Jul 28, 2018 | Book News & Recs, Uncategorized
One of my favorite parts of my book to write was the acknowledgments page. Because even though my name is on the cover, this book was not a one-person effort. Far from it. But, there are two major groups of people that I really feel needed to have been added to that...
