by Chronic Joy® | Jun 30, 2020 | Anxiety, Chronic Illness, Parenting
Vulnerable. What Is It You’re Frightened Of? by Monica Kaye Snyder | Read by Natalie Ogbourne https://chronic-joy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Vulnerable-what-is-it-youre-frightened.m4a What is it you’re frightened of?asks my warrior side.What fills your heart with...
by Chronic Joy® | Jun 24, 2020 | Oasis of Hope
Oasis of Hope – A Quiet Respite for Your Day We are grateful for the inspirational guest posts that find their way to us. May you find His rest, for He has, indeed, been so good to each of us. He Gets It There’s been a dramatic shift in my understanding...
by Chronic Joy® | Jun 22, 2020 | Becky Hill, Chronic Illness, Grief, Mental Illness
Waves of Grief in Chronic Illness by Becky Hill | Read by Becky https://chronic-joy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Waves-of-Grief-in-Chronic-Illness.m4a Grief Doesn’t Just Come When People Die Yesterday was a hard day – a day when pain and nausea nagged and...
by Chronic Joy® | Jun 16, 2020 | Caregivers, Emily J. Maurits
When Encouragement Feels Like Lying I sometimes find that ‘encouragement’ feels like lying, especially when it comes to chronic illness. I want to cheer up my sick family member or struggling friend, but when I search through my “encouragement...
by Chronic Joy® | Jun 14, 2020 | Bettie Gilbert, Prayer
Someone just prayed for you. The hour was late, and I was feeling the weight of pain as I rushed to get ready to leave. Yet another medication, along with the disease itself, had caused strange side effects for me. But this time, the on-call nurse told me to...
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