Surgery for Christmas
Cathy McCormick is my sister, not by blood, but by choice. She is one of those special people that everybody loves as soon as they meet her. But you will have to get your own best friend, because she is … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Pain
Wait. Pray. Hope. Believe. Repeat.
One morning in the summer of 2016, I woke up feeling better than I had felt in years. The debilitating nerve pain of RSD that had come to rule my life since my breast cancer surgeries five years before had … Continue reading →
A Mammogram Saved My Life
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While the leaves are turning orange, our country is turning pink as a reminder that breast cancer is a killer that affects one in eight women. I have had my own battle with breast … Continue reading →
Why Does God Allow Such Evil in the World?
Oh, what a sad Monday! Like you, one of the first things I read this Monday morning was about the horrible shootings that took place in Las Vegas on Sunday night. Hundreds of innocent people were gunned down by an … Continue reading →
How to Cope When a Gift Feels More Like a Burden
Do you always love the presents you receive? Really? How about that lovely, bright red, energy efficient vacuum cleaner your husband excitedly gave you your third Christmas together? Or that delightful school bus yellow sweater your aunt lovingly made for … Continue reading →
The Thanksgiving Thorns
This time of year, I love sharing my favorite Thanksgiving story with my family and friends. It is a sweet reminder that, even through hardship, I still have so much to be grateful for. I hope the story blesses your … Continue reading →
Permission to Cry
Are you fighting back tears today? Is life a little more than you can bear? Would a good old chest-jerking, snot-running, collar-wetting cry do you a world of good? I have been there myself, times when I needed to cry, … Continue reading →
When We Hurt
In January of 2012, when I was first diagnosed with RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Distrophy), I had no clue how I was going to live with chronic pain every day of my life. The surgeries for my breast cancer had saved … Continue reading →