~ I’m a Friend to Someone with a Chronic Illness ~
Being a Good Friend to Someone Who’s Hurting
Many years ago, I got an unfortunate call that one of the students in our church youth group had died unexpectedly. The pastor asked if I would play for the funeral. The parents were friends of ours, and the usual questions quickly flooded my mind…
Loneliness, the Unexpected Companion of Chronic
Loneliness. This one slipped up on me. I didn’t see it coming. The sting of being on rest, taking it easy and officially out of work was terrible. It wasn’t the first time the docs had said to take some time away. One must
Chronic Pitfall: Me-first-ness
Chronic will trick us to a place of self-first-ness. We get baited to go there all the time. I just hate it. It’s hard to think about much of anything else when chronic pain or disease is right in your face all the time. All.day.every.day.every.hour.every.minute.
