hope

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  January 1, 2020

  Fostering Hope in the New Year

  2019 was a bit of a rollercoaster. And the ride has just begun! After a rough start to the year health-wise for me, things got even more intense as we navigated our journey with IVF. After that loss and the whole terrible experience (and poor results), we decided that that was the end of the…

• March 29, 2013

  RA Won't Get the Best of Me

  This post is part of a blog carnival, prompted by RAWarrior.com — with the subject of the carnival being, “how do you keep the disease from taking over?” Click here to read all of the entries! We all need to have an armory, well stocked with things that help us fight this disease — including things…

• February 2, 2012

  Hope, Healing and Restoration

  As a Christian, I often turn to God’s word—the Bible—for encouragement, hope and even direction in life. Living life with an autoimmune disease raises lots of questions and fears, and I have no doubt that many often wonder (as I have done) where God’s hand is in all of this. People that don’t know the…

• January 18, 2012

  A Cry for Mercy

  As a Christian, I often turn to God’s word—the Bible—for encouragement, hope and even direction in life. Living life with an autoimmune disease raises lots of questions and fears, and I have no doubt that many often wonder (as I have done) where God’s hand is in all of this. People that don’t know the…

• November 12, 2011

  Hands

  I’m going to bring you back in time a bit here.  Step back with me to the year 1998.  Remember Jewel, the singer?  She had a song on her second album titled “Hands”.  It’s on my ipod along with other select songs from the “Top 200 Hits from the 90s” and every time I hear…

• October 29, 2010

  Journaling About Hope

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