Heather resting arms on a table, smiling. Title reads Faith through Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy, Interview with Heather Hancock,ChronicallyHopeful

Heather Hancock on Faith Through Illness: Spastic Diplegia Cerebral Palsy

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Welcome to another Warrior of the Week guest interview. In this Faith Through Illness series we will meet various chronic illness warriors who’ll share their faith journey with us. How does chronic illness affect their faith and how does their faith affect their condition? This week I have the honour of sharing Heather Hancock‘s story. Heather is a Christian Inner Healing Coach helping women to find freedom from their emotional scars and spiritual wounds. She has a gorgeous blog where she…

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Book Review: Nobody’s Girl, By Tania Crosse

I’m so excited to share this heart-warming story with you today! Nobody’s Girl by Tania Crosse is a fantastic book full of family drama, tragedy, friendship and love. You will follow wonderfully relatable characters through the most trying times of their lives – prepare to be transported on a rollercoaster of emotional events. Loved this book! The boom years immediately after the Great War bring nothing but happiness for wealthy industrialist Wigmore Stratfield-Whyte and his wife Clarissa – until tragedy…

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Book Review, Annabeth's War By Jessica Greyson, ChronicallyHopeful

Book Review: Annabeth’s War, by Jessica Greyson

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In my first book review I’m sharing my thoughts on this lovely novella by Jessica Greyson. Annabeth’s War was her debut work and it happens to be the first book I read from beginning to end on my new Kindle! It’s an exciting tale of a young girl’s quest to save her loved ones and her country from an evil Lord that has his eyes on the throne while the King is away at war and the fascinating characters she…

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Chronic Pain and Lukewarm Faith, by Heather Hart

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After almost a year of severe, chronic migraines, I am happy to announce that I am finally feeling better. I’m not 100% yet, but I have had several pain-free days for the first time in ten months. I am over-the-moon excited and thankful for the relief. But as much as I clung to God over the past year, I’m sad to say that my faith still suffered. For months I was unable to read my Bible (or anything else for…

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Coal Tits – Our First Brave Visitors At The Bird Feeder

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After moving to our new house last week, we hung our first bird feeder out on Monday and waited (im)patiently for the birds to come eat, but they didn’t. No birds to be seen at all. We were disappointed, but I knew that they would come – they just had to discover the spread first.After days of silence and stillness in the garden, on Wednesday morning a brave little birdie came hopping along the fence to inspect the spread. He…

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Tracy wearing glasses, smiling at the camera. Title reads Faith Through Degenerative disc and joint disease, Interview with Tracy Cooper, by Chronically Hopeful

Tracy Cooper on Faith Through Illness: Degenerative Disc And Joint Disease

Welcome to another guest interview in our Faith Through Illness series. In each interview we will meet a new warrior who’ll share their faith journey with us. How does chronic illness affect their faith and how does their faith affect their condition? This week I have the honour of sharing Tracy Cooper’s story. Tracy has a beautiful blog where she writes about faith, family and life as she deals with chronic pain. She is also a freelance writer and speaker…

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My Summer Survival Kit & Top Tips To Beat The Heat. Spoonie Gift Guide, Part 4

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Summer can be a really difficult time for people with chronic illness. Regulating body temperature is a common problem. Add in a rare summer heat wave and you have a recipe for horrific flares including utter exhaustion, weakness, headaches and so much discomfort and sweating! If you have a chronically ill friend you’d like to bless or help out this summer, I am sure they would be so very grateful. I’m really excited to share these great items I’ve been…

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Jennifer has dark, bob cut hair, she is wearing a stripy, sleeveless top, smiling. Title reads Faith Through Hemiplegic Migraine, Interview with Jennifer Cannon, by Chronically Hopeful

Jennifer Cannon on Faith Through Illness: Hemiplegic Migraine

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Welcome to the second interview on Faith Through Illness.  In this series we will meet a variety of Christians from around the world, people who all struggle with different chronic conditions. We will hear from them how their faith has been affected by their health and how the Lord gets them through it. Their struggles and their victories.  I hope you will find these stories as encouraging as I do! Today I’m sharing Jennifer’s journey of faith. She has a…

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The 100 Day Project 2018 – Watercolour Sunsets

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It’s been a while since I posted my last round-up of paintings for The 100 Day Project. That’s because I actually took a whole month off! I am very pleased to be back to it though and have thoroughly enjoyed painting each evening. The sunny summer evenings are just perfect for painting! This week I picked up where I left off at the start of May with Sunsets as the theme. I will also reveal next week’s theme today. Why…

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Nicole sitting on a sofa, leaning her head on her hand, smiling. Title reads Faith through Generalised anxiety disorder, interview with Nicole Starbuck, by Chronically Hopeful

Nicole Starbuck on Faith Through Illness

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Welcome to the first interview in a new series called Faith Through Illness. I hope you will find these stories to be encouraging and a blessing. I know I am loving each one that arrives in my inbox and I cannot wait to share them with you! Today I’m sharing Nicole’s beautiful journey of faith. She ​is the co-founder of “Jumpstart Positivity”, a community focus​ed on personal growth, positive thinking and making impactful change. Do go visit her site and…

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