When wedded bliss takes a bad turn. by Annettee Budzban I had the same aspirations many women share of getting married to the perfect man and living happily ever after. On Valentine’s Day evening, 1997, I started my journey toward a happily married life when I walked down the candlelit aisle toward my husband-to-be….
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Jack and Jill Suffer From Traumatic Brain Injury
Surviving the journey through TBI. by Ann Peachman Jack and Jill went up the hillTo fetch a pail of water.Jack fell downAnd broke his crownAnd Jill came tumbling after.— Mother Goose Was Jack hospitalized? Did they tell him to go home and rest and he’d feel better in a few weeks? Did he panic…
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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….
Read moreStaying Afloat in a Perfect Storm
A troubled soul finds anchor in the Onewho controls the troubled seas. by Carolyn L. Wade I pulled off the freeway when my buzzing phone showed the medical clinic’s ID. Probably last-minute information about Thursday’s surgery. “Your recent mammogram shows suspicious areas, and we’d like you to come in as soon as possible for…
Read moreLessons From a Fall
Ambitious plans, intense pain, new perspective. by Joe Hermerding as told to Amy Hammond Hagberg “Lord Jesus, save me!” I screamed as I plunged forty feet off the cliff toward the rocky ground below. Friends and youth leaders looked on helplessly. At that moment I knew there was little chance of survival. Climbers just…
Read moreLife with AIDS
A deadly infection and the private perseveranceof a husband and wife. by Jenny Miller* I’m glad I found out in the summer. I wore sunglasses a lot and could cry without being noticed. I would go on my daily walks . . . and cry. Mow the lawn . . . and cry. And…
Read moreLiving With Cerebral Palsy
A young adult shows that physical disability isnot a handicap to the human mind and spirit. by Linda Norcott as told to David Kidd Born in Leeds, England, with the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck, I had, to put it mildly, a less-than-ideal start to life. In those precious first moments, my brain…
Read moreLiving With Chronic Pain
It’s not easy for a person to set aside her will for God’s. by Nancey West “We will find out what is wrong with you,” the doctor said with confidence, “but you won’t like it.” His words replayed in my mind over the following months. I may not like a diagnosis, but I hated…
Read moreNew Beginnings
by Vickie Baker The images on the television screen sprang to life, jerking me back to another place and time. Fourteen years fell away as I saw myself standing on a pedestal twenty-five feet above the ground, reaching for a bar when it swung toward me. The sudden, all-too-familiar fear made me punch the…
Read moreNot So Sweet
How much do you know about diabetes? by Lynne Stamm I was sitting in my doctor’s office waiting for results from routine blood work. My primary care doctor came into the room, sat down at her computer, and briefly scanned my information. Swiveling on her chair, she turned to me and said, “So, we…
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