Book Review: Losing Music

Mr. Cotter shares his emotions, thoughts, dreams, frustrations, and new understandings as he loses his hearing to Meniere’s Disease. I love that he didn’t hold back. It helped me to know all the little things he suffered and processed, things my father may have also felt and thought.

This book is not written from a Christian worldview, but it is written honestly. I appreciate that.

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God is Able . . . Verses

We do not have a hands-off God. He is not one to tell us, "Go and do XYZ, on your own." Far from it! 

Our God wants to be in the trenches of life with us. Not only does he want to be with us and help us, but is able to. He is able to act on our behalf and he does!

We have a living, loving, and all-powerful God.  Be encouraged! Let these verses bring you comfort and hope.

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Navigating an Identity Crisis after Medical Trauma

Looking back, my first identity crisis was a struggle to understand my value apart from my physical appearance. Later identity crises would focus on my physical ability, my mental capacity, and my role as wife and mother.  

With every major medical crisis, I’ve had an identity crisis. Each time, the same question returns: Who am I now? 

My spinal cord injury, the latest medical crisis in a stream of crises, created a new slew of questions. The questions may have changed but the answer is the same. I am a beloved child of God.

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