by Chronic Joy® | Mar 30, 2017 | Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Parenting
I really enjoy watching TED talks. I find that they’re a great way to gain a new perspective in just 10 minutes. I recently watched a TED Talk by Benedictine monk, David Steindl-Rast, on the topic of Gratefulness. While his Austrian accent was, at first, a...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 27, 2017 | Chronic Illness
Sometimes I feel like I am standing in a river. I can feel the water splashing around my feet and the cold stones I’m standing on. I want to join everyone else on the shore, but my feet won’t move. I am stuck, and powerless to do anything about it. I think sometimes...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 22, 2017 | Caregivers
“Who takes care of you?” my husband asked. My first thought was, “I’m fine, I don’t need anything.” But I know that thought isn’t true. A caregiver’s strength does not come from self—it comes from the Lord. The grace and strength to carry on year after year is a...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 3, 2017 | Parenting, Shelly Esser
Once again, we were on our way to the hospital – this time to the emergency room, my daughter in the back seat raging with fever and seizure-like chills. It seemed our car knew the way as we had made this trek one too many times over the last year battling her...
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