I've shared before in passing about my husband Joey's chronic illness and how it's grown my faith, or at times, even made me doubt. And every time I share, I get the same question: "What's wrong with him?" I completely get the question, but the answer is a little complicated! His issues started with one tiny gallstone in 2016, and ever since then, we've been dealing with the fall-out. The most recent chapter of his…

If I were to ask you what you were most afraid of, maybe you'd tell me something from a common list of phobias: snakes, spiders, tight spaces, heights, flying....all valid fears that affect millions. If you were to ask me the same question? My answer would be failure. I am so risk-averse it's not even funny. I've driven my husband to near insanity with how long it takes me to make a decision because I…

This is a really scary week for me. Tomorrow, my husband and I leave for Cleveland Clinic to find out if he's a candidate for a multi-organ transplant. He's battled an intense chronic disease for years, and this visit will determine what the next chapter of that fight looks like. As we get ready to leave, one of the things on my to-do list was to clean up my desk a bit. On my desk…

This is not going to make me look like a good person, but for the longest time, I was unsure of the verse in 1 Thessalonians that says, "Never stop praying." Other versions translate it as "Pray without ceasing" or "Pray continually." But regardless of the translation, all I could think was, "That sounds....like a lot of work." Maybe it goes back to when I was a kid and took it way too literally. When…

I am the most indecisive person I know....at least, I think I am. Maybe I'm not. On top of that, I am a chronic people pleaser. Add those things together, and you can imagine the anxiety I accidentally carry around most days when it comes to making decisions.  This was obvious again recently when we had an illness outbreak in our office. My husband has a chronic illness and is immunocompromised, so we've had to…

How are you taking care of you right now?  It's a question that's always asked with good intentions. If you have children, or have a lot going on at work, or are taking care of a sick loved one like I am, you may have gotten the question at some point. Others can see you're stressed and want to make sure you're finding time to do something just for you. They may go as far as…