by Sara | Mar 2, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
“I’m just wondering and wondering and wondering, when will my life begin?” -Rapunzel * Hello there. 🙂 So I’ve been thinking more about Rapunzel-chronic-illness comparisons, after my sister’s observation a few days ago. And something that...
by Sara | Feb 26, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges
A few days ago my sister compared me to the princess, Rapunzel. 🙂 Who doesn’t want to be compared to a princess?! However, there was more to that comparison than you’d first think. She said, “You have long hair, etc., … and you’re stuck...
by Sara | Feb 23, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Even though I spent all day, every day in bed that week, I wasn’t resting. I was still fighting a battle. It appeared that I was resting, and even to myself, it seemed like all I was doing was resting. It seemed to me like what I really needed was to was...
by Sara | Feb 18, 2017 | Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
When I first got sick, I had to learn to sit on the sidelines when my friends played any active games that require working joints, or to not stay very long at birthday parties, when I needed the energy to function. Or- well, really when they acted liked...
by Sara | Feb 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
A few days ago, I introduced you to something called the Rebelution. If you haven’t read that article yet, or don’t know what the Rebelution is, go read it real fast before finishing this post. Did you read it? Good. 🙂 So, in that last post, I told you...
by Sara | Feb 11, 2017 | Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Have you heard of the Rebelution? Maybe you have, maybe you haven’t. Let me tell you about it for a minute. 😉 The Rebelution was started by the brothers Alex and Brett Harris. The word ‘Rebelution’ is a combination of the words, ‘Rebel’,...
by Sara | Feb 4, 2017 | Gut and Food, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
You’ve heard it. Probably a thousand times. “On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?” I cannot help but read that in Baymax’s voice, from the movie Big Hero Six. 🙂 Of course, what is your answer? What part of your body are they...
by Sara | Jan 30, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
The song, ‘Diamonds’, by Hawk Nelson, has been one of the main songs that I keep going back to in this adventure. It talks about how, when we are in the fire, when we are in the hard things that are so heavy, God is really making diamonds out of us. He is...
by Sara | Jan 26, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Girls Only
She is clothed with strength and dignity; Â Â Â Â she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25 (NIV) My Self-Examination: Strength? Nope. Dignity? Nope. Laughing at the days to come? Nope. Is that okay? Is that right? Is it wrong? How in the world can we be clothed...
by Sara | Jan 22, 2017 | Girls Only, Gut and Food, Living With Health Challenges
In addition to pain that accompanies eating that is often a symptom that Lymies/people with mold have to deal with is bloating. This is not fun for anyone. In my last post, we discussed the practical things about it, but here I want to visit another part of it all:...
