Author: Kristin Sterk

As a Christ-follower, wife, stay at home mom, blogger, author, and advanced heart failure patient, my desire is to encourage others in those same roles, through honest and real conversation. May you be inspired to embrace YOUR story of God’s grace in your own life, through simple, grace-filled living.
This is Cancer

This is Cancer

This is a bit more of a real and raw post, but I pray that this in some way encourages someone who may be going through cancer themselves or just a difficult time in life. It’s good to be honest. It’s good to share because most likely someone else is experiencing the same thing. Cancer…

Here I Am

Here I Am

Here I am. God called to Abraham and his simple reply was, “Here I am”. And then this is what He asks of him: God proceeded to ask Abraham to take his one and only son, the son whom God had promised to Abraham, the one that Abraham and Sarah had in their old age,…

Life Back Home

Life Back Home

As you can about imagine, it feels so good to be home! To just be in the same household, eating at the same table together, hearing my family’s voices, it’s all been such a gift. Even though home is exactly where I want to be, it hasn’t always been easy. A bone marrow transplant brings…

The End Is In Sight!

The End Is In Sight!

Sort of… BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING IN THE HOSPITAL, THE END IS IN SIGHT! The goal for tomorrow is for me to be DISCHARGED! To say I am excited would be an understatement! I haven’t seen Mazy in almost 3 weeks and that, by far, has been the toughest part of this journey….

BMT Day +7!

BMT Day +7!

It feels so good to get to this day. It’s been a hard day, but a day that reminds me that I am one step closer to discharge. Today my counts have bottomed out, which is where they would expect them to be in this stage of the game. When counts bottom out, the only…