September is Suicide Prevention Month. Among other causes, I am in awe of the people on the front lines of this tragic phenomenon. I remember meeting a suicide prevention call center volunteer. She was a wreck, thin and pale. Vicarious suffering was taking such a...
Amy Carmichael was born 100 years before me. She was an activist in every sense. She established an orphanage to rescue children in India. Some of the children were trafficking victims or those who were at risk to be prostituted in the temples for the...
Some people will certainly find the title offensive. Many people will immediately balk. Some will think of loved ones or acquaintances who were killed in an accident. Others know someone who died of an illness without warning. It's not completely true that nobody dies suddenly...
I've been sick as long as I can remember. For so much of my life, doctors told me I was stressed. So, I pressed through. I went to work part-time, raised my children, kept the house, maintained my marriage, and managed to do a great...
Lyme hits some people suddenly. For others years of undiagnosed health deficiencies; pain, fatigue, weakness, headaches, stomach problems, skin problems, fevers, tremors, paralysis, and more might be experienced. In time it becomes difficult to hold hope up before us. Either way, Lyme is devastating. The losses are...