by Chronic Joy® | Jul 27, 2017 | Caregivers, Chronic illness, Mental Illness, Parenting
All week, I’ve been thinking about bravery. What makes us brave? Do we do brave things every day, or is bravery reserved for the big, scary things?Certainly, bravery and courage are needed for the step-out-in-faith, outcome-not-certain, actions. Perhaps that’s...
by Chronic Joy® | Jul 25, 2017 | Caregivers, Chronic illness, Parenting, Shelly Esser
For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. (Genesis 41:52) Recently my 17-year-old daughter, Anna, sat down at the piano before a room full of onlookers. She sat there so gracefully, so beautiful that no one would have ever guessed the...
by Chronic Joy® | Jul 12, 2017 | Becky Hill, Chronic illness, Mental Illness
“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable….If we cultivate enough awareness about shame to name it and speak to it,we’ve basically cut it off at the knees.Shame hates having words wrapped around it.If we speak shame, it begins to wither.” Brené...
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