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.

BMT Day -6

I wore this t-shirt specifically for today, knowing that this is the truth we stand in today! We can look back and thank God for what he has already done in our lives and we can look forward and trust that he will continue to provide for us in the future too. Finished my first…

As The Page Turns…

As The Page Turns…

I plopped down at our kitchen table, with the old 2023 calendar to the side, and my 2024 flowery wall calendar, all pristine and empty, laid before me. My planner to my right, with all of the “nexts” labeled within it. A blank slate, but a planner filled with reminders of what God has taken…

Yes, Lord

Yes, Lord

The past few days, I have been clinging to Psalm 71:14 which says, “As for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more. “ Now that we are a week away from admission for my bone marrow transplant, I can feel the fight building up in me. I can feel…

Writing To Remember

Writing To Remember

This season of life, I could have never prepared myself for. But God has. Coming out of treatment for leukemia last winter, I thought I was done. I was so certain. It felt like I checked the box and could move on to the next thing. I thought I would never have to look back…