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Surviving, Striving, Thriving
Have you ever felt like you’re standing at a crossroads in your life knowing and feeling with every cell in your body that you and God want to take the fork to the left? But you can’t see clearly? I’ve been feeling for a long time that I needed to become more active online, to share me, my story, my strength, and the hope and healing that I have – that God has give me. I’ve been terrified, filled with many fears and many reasons that had me stuck in inaction. After a lot of prayer, quiet, humble listening while reading the word of God, and gentle self-care, peace, clarity,…
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Fighting v. Building
I feel like I’ve been at war with my own body since I was a teenager. It wasn’t the way my body looked that bothered me. It was anything that impacted my functionality and ability to perform physical/manual labor. My crooked, gnarly “grandma” fingers that ached every time I practiced the piano. Or the Raynaud’s that would flare and cripple my hands in the middle of an orchestra concert or piano recital. Painful knees. Yearly ankle sprains that landed me on crutches every.stinking.summer! Frequent viral, bacterial, and yeast infections. Incessant fatigue, exhaustion, and brain fog. Car accident. Labor and delivery trauma. Adult onset asthma. PPD. PMS. Plantar Faciitis. TMJ. Etc.!…