Saints, in a vague sense, are part of American popular culture. We have the secular definition of a saint as someone who is very, very, good; St. Francis statues at garden centers with cupped hands outstretched to hold bird seed; Saint Peter with halo and wings standing before the pearly gates. I liked learning about […]
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Suffering, Distance, Perspective
Sometimes I feel a sort of spiritual whiplash. I’ll be motoring along and then suddenly, I’ll think about what I was doing this time last year and how completely my life has changed. Even if these are good changes, it is still a lot of change in a short time! That happened a few times […]
Part Eight: Healing
I woke up the next morning to the nurse calling my name, offering me the next dose of antibiotics and prednisone. I took them and she asked if I wanted pain medicine as well. I told her no and rolled over and went back to sleep. She came back in what felt like a few […]
Part Seven: Second Visit to the ER and Prayer for Healing
On the afternoon of October 31, 2022, my O2 monitor registered dangerously low levels and my husband called 911. I was rushed back to the ER where I had another CT scan and learned I now had blood clots in both lungs. The doctors said I would have to be admitted and stay in the […]
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