Childhood Trauma Made Me Crave the Simple Life I’m Living Now
My own childhood was not a happy one. My earliest memory was of blowing out a birthday candle (I was…
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My own childhood was not a happy one. My earliest memory was of blowing out a birthday candle (I was…
Continue ReadingFor several years now, I have had these recurring, vivid dreams. In these dreams, I am never in my wheelchair.…
Continue ReadingAll the parenting books in all the world can’t prepare you for the emotions that rise up when your child…
Continue ReadingFriend, I know how it feels. Your heart used to skip and dance every time you heard his name. The…
Continue ReadingMy rule of thumb is to write from the scar, not from the wound. I’ve written little about my husband’s…
Continue Reading“This is a traumatic injury. It’ll take time to heal.” My physical therapist’s words seemed to resonate with my soul.…
Continue ReadingThere is weeping over the land. Hearts are burned, shattered, and torn. They are tired and broken. A weariness has…
Continue Reading136 surgeries. 136 miracles. It had even become predictable. We would get to that lowest moment when we were on…
Continue ReadingMy nightmare-inducing, heart palpitating, fear enveloping anxiety has been at an all-time high since the birth of my newborn. The…
Continue ReadingGetting Over the Hard Stuff We always encourage those we love to "get over it". That's our way of trying to…
Continue ReadingI remember reading the article about a year ago. In front of the whole world, or at least the evangelical…
Continue ReadingIf you have bipolar, you probably understand well how the disorder mimics a silent criminal lurking in the shadows. Whether…
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