by Sara | Aug 19, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Don’t freak out. I’m saying saying goodbye to you. I’m not quitting this blog or writing or the internet or anything. At least, I don’t plan on it any time soon. In fact, I have some exciting stuff up my sleeve that will hopefully help me connect with you all better,...
by Sara | Aug 12, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Just one more thing. I could handle one more thing. Right? Bracing myself, I reached for my last reserves. It was just making a dessert. And on a normal day at that time in my health journey, I would’ve been just fine. But you see, I’d already done a huge list...
by Sara | Aug 5, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Joints, Living With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Mental Struggles, Toxic Mold Poisoning
I spent hours sitting in front of the toilet, waiting for the nausea to die down. When I finally worked up the willpower, I climbed into bed with my trashcan. I fell asleep holding my trashcan, late into the night, long after the world was asleep. It wasn’t...
by Sara | Jul 15, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
My brother laughs at the number of novel-length texts I get every day. But I don’t mind it. I send me own share of novel-length texts. And if I can help someone by being a mentor, bring it on. As chronically ill people, we aren’t often able to serve the body of...
by Sara | Jun 17, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
God, I know I’m not supposed to bow down to this guilt. In You there is freedom, right? But I feel so trapped by the guilt. It eats at me. It keeps me up at night. It tints every conversation, all my interactions. It changes my actions, makes me try to repay love....
by Sara | May 6, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
“Those things that broke your sweet heart into a million fragmented pieces were never meant to harden you.” -Jennifer Renee Watson, Freedom! I’ve never gone through a break-up. I’ve never had a parent or sibling or close friend die. My parents aren’t divorced. But my...
