by Chronic Joy® | Aug 25, 2020 | Caregivers, Chronic Illness, Marriage, Poems, Terry Powell
Marriage, Depression, and Lasting Love Perhaps my greatest earthly support in battling depression is my wife, Dolly. Her unconditional love and loyalty anchor me and remind me of how blessed I am even on days when I’m feeling downcast. On June 5, 2020, we...
by Chronic Joy® | Aug 19, 2020 | Oasis of Hope
[God] reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. Daniel 2:22 Oasis of Hope – The Hidden Things “There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. There is nothing kept secret that will...
by Chronic Joy® | Aug 17, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Misdiagnosed I contracted polio long after it was supposedly eradicated. The doctor misdiagnosed my symptoms because she had never seen polio before. And the wrong diagnosis led to widespread paralysis. With a childhood spent largely in hospitals, marked by painful...
by Chronic Joy® | Aug 12, 2020 | Mental Illness, Parenting
GOD LACKS NO CREATIVITY EVEN IN THE LABOR ROOMS OF CHANGE Two years ago our gentle teenager began to steadily turn into a stranger we could hardly recognize. A new medication put an end to his seizures a year later, but the trial had just begun....
by Chronic Joy® | Aug 10, 2020 | Megan Willome, Poetry Prompt
Poetry has Words for the Un-Wordable When I got the news that my friend was facing a serious cancer diagnosis—the kind that comes with a grim prognosis—I knew better than to send her a get well card. I told her I loved her and that I would pray a Psalm for her every...
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