by Chronic Joy® | Sep 25, 2018 | Anxiety, Depression, Heather MacLaren Johnson, Mental Illness
Early this summer, I forgot to take my antidepressants for three days in a row. Normally, a two-day memory lapse would throw me into the pit of deep darkness. This time was different. I thought maybe I had reached a point where God had answered my prayers—20 years of...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 19, 2018 | Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Emily J.M., Parenting, Teens, Young Adults
A Letter to the Parents Who are Chronically Ill – You are Not a Failure My mum has a chronic illness. She’s been sick for as long as I can remember. Mum, this letter is for you. Dear Parent with a Chronic Illness, You don’t have to say it aloud. I’ve read it...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 19, 2018 | Poems
Yesterday I drove by fields of sunflowers,their happy faces tracking the constant sun. All day, the stems, the east-facing halves,grow and lengthen, bending their flower heads in timewith the westward-moving light. All night, their west sides grow,oscillating their...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 16, 2018 | Caregivers, Chronic Illness
Anyone suffering with chronic pain knows that though they would be done with it in a heartbeat, there are nevertheless many treasures to be found because of it. One of the most significant works of grace God has been doing in me on this journey through chronic pain is...
by Chronic Joy® | Sep 10, 2018 | Anxiety, Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Depression, Leaders, Mental Illness, Parenting, Terry Powell
Depression that leads to suicide isn’t just the plight of the financially-strapped, unemployed provider of a household, or the teen who’s tormented by bullies, or the retiree who’s weary of declining energy and escalating physical pain. Just ask the friends of Kate...
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