Darkness Doesn’t Get the Final Say
Nine years ago, at the age of seventeen, I had brain surgery to remove a tumor the size of a golf ball. For months, sickness snuck up on me in the early morning hours and hung on until night fell and sleep took over. No matter who we spoke with or what we tried, there...
heal the wound… but leave the scar
“I wonder if she’ll notice…” There’s a long scar straight down the back of my head, reaching up from the base of my neck. Last week I sat in a black swivel chair, my face reflecting back to me in the mirror as a kind and friendly stranger...
Life After a Brain Tumor: Glorious Uncertainty
It’s 10:46pm on July 5, 2016 and I’m crying at a blank page. There is so much to say and somehow it feels like I’ve written every single line before. It also feels brand new. There’s nothing new to say under the sun and we’ve gone around...
When the Answer to Your Prayers Is a Brain Tumor
Everything changed six years ago. After months of praying for answers, we got them. Five months of sickness, questions, doubts and frustrations came together mid-morning on the last day of June. The nurse led us from the waiting room to the one room I had seen but...
When You’re Waiting for God to Heal You
This post is an excerpt from Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between. I never would have written a brain tumor into my story but I would never wish to write it out. It was a part of me and now it is a part of my story, one I never expected...
A book for the broken hopefuls… Even If Not: Living, Loving, and Learning in the in Between
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