For most of you, November is just a month like any other month, but for me and others living with Crohn's and Colitis, November 1st began IBD Awareness Month and another chance to share our stories of living with the disease as well as share why support, awareness and increased research about the disease are … Continue reading Living With Crohn’s Takes Guts: My Journey With IBD
When God Seems Silent: The Theology of Suffering and Other Tough Questions…
"God said He will not put more on us than we can bear... I just don't know why He has such faith in me" -Mother Theresa The above quote by one of my long time heroes sums up well the journey that I've been on the past few months as I've continued to experience health … Continue reading When God Seems Silent: The Theology of Suffering and Other Tough Questions…
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do…
As many of you who have followed my journey with Crohn's know, when I was first diagnosed back in January 2017, I was put on two different medications, an immune suppressant called Imuran, and a TNF blocker (also called a biologic) named Inflectra. At the time I was told that if all went well, I … Continue reading Breaking Up Is Hard to Do…
Good Things Come In Small Packages
Although I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about my life with Crohn's, I also have been living with another genetic condition called Turner Syndrome for a much longer period of time. February just so happens to be Turner Syndrome awareness month so I thought I would take some time to share … Continue reading Good Things Come In Small Packages
From Fear to Faith: What Living With A Chronic Disease Has Taught Me
"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (2 Timothy 1:7) As we have now put 2017 behind us, the year that started my journey with Crohn's, and embrace 2018, two words stand out in my mind: fear and faith. These two … Continue reading From Fear to Faith: What Living With A Chronic Disease Has Taught Me
No Guilt In Life…
Lately I have been finding myself struggling with guilt, specifically guilt over my seemingly growing inability to stop committing the same sins over and over again. I look at a passage like Romans 15:1-3, which states that, "We must not just please ourselves. We should help others do what is right and build them up in the … Continue reading No Guilt In Life…
For Everything There Is A Season…
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to … Continue reading For Everything There Is A Season…
