by Sara | Jan 3, 2022 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers
So there is this guy I like. He likes me too. We want to date each other. But we decided to wait — that God had some other things for us to focus on in this season. Which is great and all, but there is a significant difference between saying that you’re choosing to...
by Sara | Dec 20, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Ya know, this blog is getting pretty old. If you’ve been around since the beginning, you have picked up bits and pieces of my story. When someone I know reads He’s Making Diamonds, they often comment on the fact that my story isn’t in it. And...
by Sara | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
If you know me, you know I love Christmas so much. I especially LOVE finding the perfect gift for someone. Practical and sentimental. Affordable, thrify, and yet quality. If it’s an inside joke or a shared interest, even better. I legit started my Christmas...
by Sara | Nov 22, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Clarissa is one of our Diamonds 2022 speakers, I’m so excited to be sharing this guest post from her today. If you have registered for Diamonds 2022 for free yet, make sure you do so here! “God has a purpose for not healing me,” Dad had said. “Maybe to keep me...
by Sara | Nov 8, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
By: Anonymous“So, you mentioned that some of the people in your life brought up my health as a concern.” I wasn’t sure I wanted to know what they had to say about it. “Yeah. I am just realizing how little I know about how your illness affects your life. I want to...
by Sara | Oct 25, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery, Uncategorized
It’s ANNOUNCEMENT DAY! This will be our fifth Diamonds event, and y’all? It never gets old. This has been in the works for a while, and the staff and I are SO EXCITED to share these details with you! Who, what where . . . we have some awesome speakers and...
by Sara | Oct 25, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
I’m getting my license next week. (To drive, not to kill as a friend teased.) And for a long time, yellow lights stumped me. What exactly do they mean? As a kid, I thought green meant go, red meant stop, and yellow meant go slow. “Go” and “stop” are both pretty clear....
by Sara | Oct 11, 2021 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers
I was lying in bed, tears soaking my pillow as I cried myself to sleep, in physical pain over the death of a dream. If you have known the pain of watching a dream crumble before your eyes, then you understand this. We’ve all desired something deeply, only to have our...
by Sara | Sep 27, 2021 | Guest Writers, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Today, I’m so excited to share a new guest post. PTSD is something that many chronic illness warriors face, and I know we can learn a lot from what Rhonda has to share with us. Post-traumatic stress disorder (or PTSD) is a devastating mental health disorder....
by Sara | Sep 13, 2021 | Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles, Navigating Healing & Recovery
“I’ve been meaning to talk to you.” I smiled at the unexpected text from an old friend. “You seem to have a lot of experience with the whole healing thing, and that’s something I’m working on right now[.]” Now I laughed. I guess I do have a lot of experience, but then...
