What grit, determination, and radical faith can do. by Angie Davis-Beyer as told to Karen Foster My lips trembled as I stared into the deep end of the indoor swimming pool. It was inches from my face; I could smell the chlorinated water. But when the dive master asked me to lower my head…
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Diabetes Resources
The Diabetic Youth Foundation offers year-round programs and summer camps for kids: www.dyf.org Participation in studies is a great way to receive support while helping to find the cure: http://dped.stanford.edu/research/ Brave Buddies Yahoo group: Support for parents of children with type 1 diabetes https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/bravebuddies/ conversations/messages A website for parents of kids with diabetes: http://www.parentingdiabetickids.com/…
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The long road back from brain injury. by Alvin Robert Cunningham A month after my near-fatal, one-car accident in early 1990, I first began to understand what had landed me in a large trauma hospital. I had been too tired to drive back to my country home that night. Falling asleep at the wheel,…
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by Donna McDonnall “Mom, my shoulder hurts again,” Danny, our ten-year-old son, announced. Our packed suitcases waited by the door. Crossing things off my “to do” list, I nudged my family closer to the door to leave for our summer vacation in Canada. “Now I can feel a bump there,” Danny added. Concerned by…
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by Nancy Merical “Have you ever heard of multiple myeloma?” My doctor sat across from me in the examining room, relaxed and smiling. She could have been telling me I’d caught the common cold. Her easy manner relaxed me. I accepted her prognosis with odd composure, as an onlooker. I hadn’t heard of the…
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One woman’s battle with HIV. by Kathi Winter The strength and stamina I used to have are diminishing. This may be a result of simply passing the age of 50 or of the numerous pills I have to take daily to keep the HIV virus under control. Often I have to change my short-…
Read moreA Faith Healer Nearly Destroyed My Faith
Learning the hard way what God saysabout sickness and health. by Rebecca Schrader as told to Esther M. Bailey Never have I considered myself a gullible person. When I held a top executive position in business, I readily recognized the difference between ethical and fraudulent schemes. Since then, my life has undergone drastic changes….
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In sickness and in health. . . . by Brenda Blanchard “Right, two, three, four; left, two, three, four,” the step aerobics instructor counted. “Keep those hands moving in unison with your feet.” The feeling of pins and needles started in my fingers, traveled to my hands, then on up to the elbows. I…
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A hard medical path shows signs of God along the way. by Columba Smith “Take Caleb to a nutritionist. I don’t like that recurring rash on his face.” Alarm flickered in my heart. My ex-husband is a registered nurse, and I take his concerns about our three children’s health seriously, even if abruptly delivered….
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by Name Withheld Two years ago, I wouldn’t have thought I could learn anything significant about prayer. I had been a Christian for many years. What more could I learn? You ask God for things, you thank God for things. Amen. Then you fall asleep. But last April, I got an education about real…
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