by Sara | Jul 5, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
“Wow.” I whispered. When you have chronic illness you get to have a very special peek at a depth of unconditional love that few get to see. I’ve always been taught about undeserved love- Jesus! All humans have sinned and deserve death. Yep, I got...
by Sara | Jun 30, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
Having to personally deal with multiple long-term sicknesses has predictably taught me a lot about compassion. God has worked on my heart through it all to be able to be aware of other people’s deep hurts around me and to help them. I’m now able to...
by Sara | Jun 27, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges
HOW TO GUIDEBOOK: Good and easy patient. Why? Because we all know that there is definitely a way to be a bad patient. And since we love our caretakers so dearly and want to make things easy (ahem, easier) for them, we would like to strive to be good little patients,...
by Sara | Jun 24, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
Hello there. Last you saw me was sometime in the middle of May, and now it’s approaching the end of June. Well… first let me say, I’m very sorry. Unfortunately, life happens. Or, more accurately for my current situation, illness happens. 🙂 However,...
by Sara | May 19, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Mental Struggles
Often I think they are the worst parts of toxic black mold and/or Lyme disease. I mean, the mental battles: brain fog, anxiety, depression, etc. At least, in my opinion they’re the worst. 😉 And they mess up a lot of things in normal day to day life. Especially...
by Sara | May 15, 2017 | Mental Struggles, Uncategorized
Poetry and I haven’t spent much time together. We get along okay, but generally as acquaintances, rather than the ‘friends’ that most other writing and I are. I enjoy reading other people’s poetry but haven’t ever done much myself. One...
by Sara | May 11, 2017 | Book News & Recs, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles
One of the worst things about the mental Lyme irrationalness (is that a word?), is that you come to a point where you can no longer trust what you think, or feel. You cannot trust your mind or emotions. It’s so hard because that’s how you analyze...
by Sara | May 8, 2017 | Book News & Recs, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles
You’re a burden. They’re upset with you. You aren’t worth it. You’re all alone. You’re sinning. Your faith it too weak. You are nothing more than a broken, messy, sick girl. You can’t live up to what God asks of you. Telling them...
by Sara | May 5, 2017 | Mental Struggles
The day when this picture officially became ‘Sara’s Iconic Picture’ was one I remember well. Want to know what the picture was? Okay, here it is: I laughed. A lot. 😀 I mean, who doesn’t want this to be their picture?! (Thanks, ‘B’....
by Sara | May 1, 2017 | Mental Struggles
Hello there! Guess what? The month of May is Mental Health Month. Mental health is definitely something that is a concern of people with toxic black mold, Lyme disease, and chronic illnesses in general. However, I haven’t really said much about it on this blog...
