Spiritual Lessons my Caregivers Taught Me
These people would help with daily living skills. They would be known as my caregivers. I am grateful for everyone…they taught me spiritual lessons … Continue readingSpiritual Lessons my Caregivers Taught Me
Category: Overcome: Keeping Faith with a Disability
Making Room For Disability
We need to make room for people with disabilities In our lives, schools, and church communities. Society will continue to view disability as a disease to be eradicated unless we make room in our hearts to love the other. Yet so many times I’ve felt … Continue readingMaking Room For Disability
IVF Hurts People with Disabilities
“Since prenatal screening tests were introduced in Iceland in the early 2000s, the vast majority of women — close to 100 percent — who received a positive test for Down syndrome terminated their pregnancy.” … Continue readingIVF Hurts People with Disabilities
Dating With Disability
As a person with a disability, I can feel lost. Questions run through my head.
What will dating be like?
Will anyone ever love me?
What is my vocation?
Luckily The Catholic Church has always held a universal vocation:
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When Healing Hurts: How I Almost Lost My Faith.
I rejoice in a God who loves me. God humbles and challenges me through unanswered prayers for miraculous healing. Yet despite the lack of answers, I cannot use it as an excuse to deny God’s provision. I pray that all those living with a disability can also find peace. … Continue readingWhen Healing Hurts: How I Almost Lost My Faith.