“I have learned through this journey that community and knowledge are key to working through fear of the unknown.” Both my children were born with a recessive genetic hearing loss which caused them to lose their hearing in one ear each during their toddler years.
“Life doesn’t end when you become an amputee; it just becomes your new normal. I’m back doing everything I did before, like running 5k races and hiking.” I first got sick on November 16th with flu-like symptoms and within 18 hours I was in cardiac
“My advice is this: believe in yourself, be selfish and take time for yourself, ground yourself daily, eat well and be forgiving. Cancer is not an invader, it is part of you.” The lump in my throat had been there for over a year and
“If you want to believe in miracles or luck or whatever you want to call it, just look at me. Even when the odds are stacked against you and people have given up on you, just remember there is always hope.” I remember celebrating my
“It sounds cliche, but remember that this too shall pass. Healing is not an overnight journey but you can go on to rediscover purpose and joy.” I had just survived almost a decade of family violence, the suicide of my dad, and then shortly afterward,
“You may not always get what you want in life but you have to remember to be patient, be grateful, and allow God to work through you. He’s got you.” After years of crying, wishing, praying, enduring several painful treatments, and one miscarriage, we finally
“It’s hard to believe it now, but one day you’ll wake up and the day won’t feel quite as heavy, and those days will slowly happen more regularly, I promise.” When I was 36 years old my husband died of Blood Cancer. At the time
“I learned the process of resilience because I stuck to the goal of recovery versus trying to fall into the trap of ignoring it and pushing through. The more you practice being resilient, like learning to trust yourself or your intuition, the easier it gets.”
“The day a friend said, “Jan, your outer world is a reflection of your inner world,” I was sick to my stomach.” In 1999, my husband and I made the tough decision to escape the cult we had both been raised in. We were now
“Breath and take one moment at a time. Do the research and be prepared, but don’t project too far into the future.” When my son was born early via an emergency C section I learned that his development was impacted by a virus I caught
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