CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Becky Hill
Becky lives in Leicester, UK and is a wife to Matt, mum to two girls, and a pursuer of Christ. Becky and Matt love the local church and have been involved in pastoral ministry for many years. In January, 2015, Becky fell from a step ladder causing a debilitating cerebrospinal fluid leak, which means she has to spend much of her day lying flat. Becky loves words and writes to connect, encourage, share her journey, and inspire others facing suffering, chronic illness and pain.
Waves of Grief in Chronic Illness
Grief Doesn’t Just Come When People Die Yesterday was a hard day – a day when pain and nausea nagged and taunted me the whole day, a day when grief in waves washed over me, reminders of loss, of restriction, of the shackles of chronic illness. Grief doesn’t just come when people...
What is My Purpose? Do Small Things with Great Love.
DO ORDINARY THINGS WITH EXTRAORDINARY LOVE “Do ordinary things with extraordinary love.” Mother Teresa A few months ago, I sunk into the traumatic storm of a cerebral spinal fluid leak relapse, which triggered a major mental health crisis. I felt completely worthless. Stuck in...
Grappling with the “Shame” of Having a Rare Invisible Illness
In 2016, I realized how much shame I was carrying because I was still unwell, over 20 months after a ladder fall left me with a debilitating spinal fluid (CSF) leak. Reading Brené Brown’s book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and...
The ‘Shame’ of Chronic Illness and Pain
"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 Brown Over the summer, I read Brené...
