Category: Life & Suffering

Starburst, my golden doodle, literally can sleep anywhere. She sleeps with toys in her mouth. She sleeps on her back with her legs in the air. She sleeps on the hard floor, couch, pillows…whatever. She just sleeps. I am kinda jealous to be honest. Sleep and pain of any kind are a hard pair. When…

Listening to people reason and try to understand the ways of God, I am reminded of how much we know and yet, truly, how much we have to learn. When walking through a trial of unimaginable heartache, sometimes the greatest gift we can offer is our silence and our presence. When we sit in the…

Today, I am staring at a blank screen. Words are not coming easily to me, and I have a thought from Paul David Tripp running through my mind. I’m paraphrasing (as I’m listening to the audio), but he said, in the word of God there is no shame in sharing the suffering. In fact, Psalms…

Working with patients has given me eyes to see suffering. People afraid. People searching for answers. It’s a window to my soul quite honestly. I hear the questions, I hear myself. I hear the desire for answers. I know those desires. They want the doctor i work for to calm, to guide, to help, to…

Why three in the morning? Wake up in a pool of sweat and unknown fears. The room holds darkness and quiet, my heart thuds quickly. Cue the rapid thoughts and fears that take shape in my mind. At 3 in the morning. Nothing good happens in my mind at this hour. In this year of…

We were scheduled to get the storm of the year today. Projections from 4 to 14 inches were headed our way. Ahem. Today, I see gray clouds and muddy lawns. I feel pressure in my head, but sheesh, no beautiful white stuff. Whenever storms brew, my next thought now is, will the migraine hit? I’ll…