Hi everyone, It's been a few weeks since I posted here and apologize for my absence. I started a new position on the college campus I work at, and it's kept me very busy with limited time for my writing. However, I am blessed that God would allow me to learn so many new things at … Continue reading The God of All Comfort
Category: Chronic Illness
A Letter to Doctors
This letter has been on my mind and my heart for over ten years now. It is not an easy letter to write, and it may not be an easy letter for doctors to read, but I hope it’s an encouragement for all who do read it. I’m grateful for the men and women who … Continue reading A Letter to Doctors
Send ‘Em Packing!
“Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed” (Proverbs 15:22) I love to go on vacation, but I hate the packing that precedes it. It was the Thursday prior to our annual beach vacation. Scurrying from room to room, I realized so many items were only partially packed and there were … Continue reading Send ‘Em Packing!
Recreate Summertime Memories
“Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land” (Song of Solomon 2:12). Oh, the lazy days of summer and the childhood memories that each one of us has! Drive-in movies, catching fireflies, picking berries, sleepovers with best friends, riding bikes all around town, … Continue reading Recreate Summertime Memories
The Confusion of Chronic Illness
“They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble” (Jeremiah 31:9). The fatigue and squeezing feeling around my heart had now been there for two weeks. So the questions began. Should I call my … Continue reading The Confusion of Chronic Illness
The Phantom of the Illness
“For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living” (Psalm 116: 8-9). My husband calls them phantoms. No, not “Phantom of the Opera.” The dictionary defines phantom as “a nonexistent person or thing, something elusive.” … Continue reading The Phantom of the Illness
30 Things About My Invisible Illness
30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know 1. The illness I live with is: Ulcerative Colitis, Endometriosis, Late Stage Lyme Disease 2. I was diagnosed with it in the year: 1982, 1987, 2007 3. But I had symptoms since: same year as diagnosed for first 2; who knows for last one? 4. … Continue reading 30 Things About My Invisible Illness
HOPE through chronic illness 