The “Princess and the Pea” is Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia
Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia I'm convinced the princess didn’t feel the pea under that stack of mattresses because she had some princess "spidey" skills or keen princess detection abilities, but because she had Fibromyalgia. She wouldn’t have been diagnosed back then because the medical community is just now catching up with what thousands of men and women have been saying for decades, "We hurt!” I'm definitely no princess with fine linens, and my bedding and sheets tend to look like a pack of wolves were fighting for their territory, but when I lay down, I can feel even the tiniest crease...
Encouragement from the Blog
Be Strong and Take Heart
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning;my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. I am the utter...
𝟳𝟲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to Reconnect You As A Couple
Love that Gives, Multiplies Maintaining a healthy marriage is a sacrificial pursuit and a life-long journey. Fulfillment isn't something that just happens. It requires honesty and intentionality, commitment and compromise, patience and attention,...
Searching for Small Gifts of Gratitude
Renewing My Faith Every year the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress is my way to renew my faith. As I travelled there in March of 2018, I felt concerned that my family and I tended to focus on the bad things happening each day. While I had...
Prayer Prompts | Refuge: Finding God’s Upholding Strength
Refuge Support, sustain, uphold, carry: what do these words all have in common? Aren’t they words that speak about something that is weak, something that is small, something that needs to be held? There are so many times in the journey with chronic illness when we...
When a Kiss Can’t Make It Better
Walking Through Your Child’s Chronic Illness with Hope “Mom, my back hurts,” my 11-year-old Anna complained. “Did anything happen to cause the pain?” I asked. “No,” she said. Time went on and things seemed to be fine again, so I didn’t think twice...
💗 Love One Another – A Step of Faith | 💎 Diamonds 2020 – Freebies
WE ARE WIRED TO SERVE. While culture and tradition may narrow the framework of options, the Holy Spirit splits it wide open, inspiring creative and accessible opportunities for every single member of the Body of Christ to serve. Perhaps we view serving as big acts,...
