For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under the sun. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. ECCLESIASTES 3:1,4 (NLT) It’s okay to grieve your new normal! People too often try to suppress the expression of other’s grief by making comments dripping in positivity or redirecting the sufferer from their grief because it makes them feel uncomfortable. Grief can rub others the wrong way because happiness and positivity is much more acceptable and comfortable toSEE DETAILS

All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, He brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. 2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-5 (THE MESSAGE) Look for opportunities to use your disability or illness to reach others in a similar situation. Humans naturally seek outSEE DETAILS

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race that is marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. HEBREWS 12:1-2 (NIV) Everything can change in an instant. We’ve all heard this, brushed it off, and thought it would never happen to us – until it did. Sometimes life can negatively change gradually though – the gradualSEE DETAILS