Tag Archives: Acceptance
What Are Mobility Aids? And How Can They Help?
Last time, I shared my story of using aids to help me “walk” and how they enable me to spend more time with family and to accomplish practical tasks. However, as I researched these devices, I discovered many more mobility aids for chronically ill people. They come in many shapes and sizes meeting different needs. […]
Continue readingLive AGAIN! But how can I?
"I was assigned a role for which I did not audition. Yet I have the power to choose how I will live out that story and play that role. I want to live my story well and play my role with as much integrity and joy as I can." (P. 195)* These words are a […]
Continue readingLoving, Powerful God Who Heals: Why Not Me?
Healing and invisible disabilities is a thorny question. So, Loving, Powerful God Who Heals: Why Not Me? I don't know. But today, I'd like to put forth some possibilities as we consider the subject. If God can heal me, why won't He? A thorny question, one Christians and non-Christians alike wrestle with. For the last […]
Continue readingFinding Your Balance Relates to Accepting Invisible Disabilities
“My own personal balance between humility, confidence, independence, and dependence was still sorting itself out.” Finding balance in your attitudes and activities helps in the process of accepting your limitations. The quote above shows the approach Captain Scotty Smiley, a blind Army officer, used in coming to terms with his loss of sight. Each of […]
Continue readingOut of Desolation Into New Life
Does your future look bleak? Is your friend’s life devastated? It may take awhile It may look different But life can be good again–even beautiful! Desolation! The first impression of Lava Lands National Monument, near Bend, OR. Look again. See vegetation here and there. Glimpse the animals. Examine the area and see the many varieties […]
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