Life is LOUD, isn’t it? I remember the days of walking through the fields to get to our cousin’s house. Saturday at 3:00pm, we would start stomping through the hay fields or along the paths of the corn, to venture out on whatever our free minds wanted to do. Sometimes it was jumping off the…
Healing from surgery just isn’t easy. Healing from any ailment just isn’t easy. Healing from ANY struggle in life, just isn’t easy. One thing I have learned is that healing from surgery is physical, but oh is it so much more! I remember the days leading up to my second surgery, when I could barely…
I’ve had the title of this post sitting in my “draft” folder for a few days. It is hard to come up with the words to describe what it is like to have your life on the line, but let me tell you, it sure has changed my life. I will never forget the moment…
A month ago, this maybe isn’t how I anticipated celebrating my 34th birthday, but this doesn’t surprise God. I remember thinking before my first surgery, that by my birthday, I wouldn’t necessarily be back to normal, but I would be far on the mend. I would be a week past my post-op appointment and hopefully…
I am more than thankful. I am humbled. In awe. More in love with God. Overwhelmed by grace. I remember lying in my hospital bed, wondering if I would make it home for Thanksgiving. At the time, it was a long ways off, but little did I know it would be just the week before,…
One of the goals that Dan and I had while in the hospital, was to shine Christ’s light in a place that is filled with difficult situations and hardships. But also God’s miracles, love, and healing. I’d love to say that it is easy, but when you are going through your own struggles, it has…
