One June night, I started shaking so badly that my teeth chattered. I could barely walk, and my heart raced. At the emergency room, they ran some general tests, but then the doctor guessed that it was anxiety. That summer, my energy and health declined gradually. One July night, I woke up with my heart …
Often my life has not gone as planned. Having a chronic illness dissipated my hopes and dreams. Then when I dared hope again, new health problems crushed me. But once I worked through the grief and anger, I found times of renewal. A greater appreciation for what I had grew, new life rose from the …
By Tamara K. Anderson, September 22, 2020 It’s 2:31 pm and I’m still in my pajamas. Why? Because I feel broken today. I Can’t Do Today There are days when the “to dos,” parenting, chores, and stresses add up to a weight so heavy it literally breaks me. I told my husband last night that …
Tamara K. Anderson interviewed me for her podcast “Stories of Hope in Hard Times.” Come hear how God has helped me cope with seasonal affective disorder, ME/CFS and orthostatic intolerance. Read or listen to “Finding Peace and Hope with Chronic Illness” on Tamara’s website here. You can also listen to it on other podcasting apps and …
by Naomi Whittingham What is the meaning of Christmas when every moment of it is a struggle to exist? When the very foundations of celebration – food and company, music and light – are so physically destructive as to be impossible? When even the presence of loved ones is too much to bear? When the dreadful isolation of …
This is an excerpt from Chapter 15 of my book. The other day, I was stressed out. How could I get up and try again, when so many rejections from others and losses in my life had left me feeling like there was no right way to continue? I picked up a book my husband …
On June 13, 1988, I went with my grandparents to a meeting of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. Artist Al Rounds spoke of his testimony as he demonstrated how he paints. From a demonstration by Al Rounds With quick, sure strokes of the brush, the master artist talks as a painting takes place before …
https://pixabay.com/en/vintage-boy-accordion-music-sing-1418517/ by ArtsyBee
“Why did I get this illness?” I asked. When Esther long ago was faced with a choice: Should she endanger her own life to ask the king to save her people? Said Mordecai[i] to her, “and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” “But it’s not fair, …
https://pixabay.com/en/rose-red-sheet-music-old-vintage-1437023/ by Kate Cox
