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"Did you know that the Blazers could have drafted Michael Jordan?" I was riffing off of the example sentence in my worksheet teaching common figures of speech in the Bible.…

Friday afternoon felt like it took a decade of my life in stress as I opened a "letzte mahnung" from the wheelchair company with the collections stamp glaring at me.…

I've thrown up on exactly one nurse since my last post. Not all of my stories make it on the internet, but this one definitely will. I had a lot…

I'm a day late with this post. I have what I consider to be a reasonable excuse: antibiotics. Don't get too worried here. Let's meander through that explanation. See, everyone…

While I manage to hide it often, I'm overwhelmed by large groups of people and deal with social anxiety. I'm fully conscious of being an awkward person, and I'm also…

Bessel van der Kolk is a famous name among trauma researchers. His brilliant work The Body Keeps the Score evaluates how when we experience trauma, our mind and our body…

A massive answer to prayer or miracle depending on how you view it: despite all odds, reputation, and records, my American insurance came through this past week and finally paid…

Miracles don't happen. Except when they do. I waffle back and forth on what to call a miracle. I'm pretty content to say the time someone prayed for me and…

Thinking of what to write each week is sometimes more difficult than others. I'm still waiting for the final word on the most recent round of insurance claims (though there…

I told Anja my legs and glutes were tight from upping my exercise this past week, and she had me lay down on my back on the physio table. I…

I've had a lot of people reach out and offer help or ask for updates regarding my last post. First off, thank you. Thank you to the people who told…

This is an angry post. Anger is a secondary emotion, and there're layers of other things covered up right now, but let me give some significant context: I love my…

I just finished another one of those Christian blogger weird experiment in loving Jesus books - you know, where the American woman says, "Hey, I think I'll learn about consumerism…

There are a lot of dangerous prayers out there. Right near the top with praying for patience is praying for humility. I'm not sure when I prayed it, but God…

What a week - full of goodbyes and transitions - the two things TCKs hate the most. But hey, something's in the air - Aslan is on the move. This…

My proprioception is shot. Nerve damage sucks. It means my balance is all out of wack - particularly if I can’t see where my legs are. It’s one of the…

Yesterday I was sitting at my picnic table watching the clouds blow in and out of view, cover the sun, release the rays, and tease me with the taste of…

I had an out yesterday. A genuine and honest out for the first time in over nine months. A chance to give up on someone the Lord told me to…

I met Cheri Washington roughly a decade ago, and in all my encounters with her in person and online, she always points me to Jesus whether it's when she's praying…