It has been so long since I have been able to blog full-time, but I am so excited to announce that I am jumping back in! But before I talk about all the exciting changes to come on the blog and what you can expect from me moving forward, let me first catch you up on a few things. If you have been following my journey, you know that for a long time, I had mysterious episodes where I collapse and have temporary paralysis in my arms and legs followed by seizures. In this post from 201[...]
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There it is again; that all too familiar feeling that seems too come out of no where and swallow you whole. I know for me, this happens most when I am right about to go to sleep. Suddenly, an unwelcome thought finds it way past the walls of my heart and mind and take quick roots there. Often, once this happens, at least for me anyway, there seems to be no way out. I try to pray there in the darkness, covered up under my favorite soft blankets, but sometimes my mind seems to so effortlessly[...]
This year has gone by so extremely fast. As I am sitting here writing this, it is so hard for me to come to terms with the fact that it is already October. Where did time go? If you have followed my blog for any amount of time, you will notice that I have been absent and haven’t posted much content during this year. This was not my intention, but in all honesty, I was having an extremely difficult time handling what has been going on in my life during the first part of the year. I have[...]
I have been intentionally avoiding this topic for weeks. Because in all honesty, it hits close to home. If you're not familiar with my story, I was 14 when my life changed forever. As a Freshman in high school, I became sick with an illness that causes episodes of collapsing and temporary paralysis in my arms and legs. I missed half my junior and senior years of high school. Doctors told my parents to pull me out of school and not let me out of bed for more than 45 minutes at a time. A[...]
Here I am, saying something I never thought that I would say; My illness is a sin issue. To give you a little back ground, I was 14 whenever my world was changed forever and I became sick with an illness that causes me to collapse and leaves me with extreme muscle weakness in my arms and legs. During these episodes, I cannot walk, hold anything, or raise my arms. My body is basically dead weight and I cannot do anything until the episode passes. These episodes were so bad and so frequ[...]