1 Year Blogiversary & Giveaway

Hello! How are you doing? Well, I hope. If not, I’m sending spoons, prayers, and hugs. 🙂 Anyway, guess what? As of today, I’ve been writing this blog for one year! *happy dance* God has taught me so much through the writing. These are often hard topics, and sometimes I don’t want to write them. But every time I get discouraged (which I do), and every time I wonder how God will use a particular post, or every time I think that a particular post has just flopped- God sends me encouragement. One of you emails me and tells me how it has encouraged you. Or I get a comment from someone I never would have guessed was reading my blog, encouraging me in my writing. It has also been a huge blessing to me to be able to connect with you readers, and know that I’m not alone in my battles with faith and sickness. I pray that God has used this blog in your life to bless, challenge, and encourage you- whether you know it or not, He has used you readers countless times to encourage me. 🙂

I mean, one big thing is this book I’m writing for one! God and you are the reason I’m writing it. As I talk with more and more of you, I realize how many of us there are- we just don’t know it (see here).

Therefore, I am so blessed to be celebrating one year of this blog with you. It went by fast! Let’s look back for a moment…

Some Favorite Posts:

• Taking A Breath
• Why, God?
• Where are you, God?
• Resting in the Storm
• Clothed With Strength and Dignity in Sickness

The First Post: Hope and Diamonds

My First Subscriber: Natalie, from Across the Spectrum

I also want to take a moment to appreciate Valari for the most comments on my blog from a reader. 🙂

Awesome Guest Posts This Year:

• You Know You Have A Chronic Illness When…
• Autism and Anxiety
• Trusting God
• Siblings
• Supporting Your Friends When They Have Food Allergies

Giveaway: Yep, that’s right! To thank you awesome readers for all of your support for me and this blog, I want to do a giveaway! What are you winning? A sneak peek into the book I’m writing, He’s Making Diamonds: A Teen’s Thoughts on Faith in Chronic Illness! To enter, all that is required is that you be subscribed to my blog, and that you comment below on this post. 🙂 Do that, and you are automatically entered! The winner will be announced on September 18th.

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Guess what? To celebrate, the next two posts will be some fun tags, that I confess aren’t necessarily related to chronic illness. 🙂 But sometimes, it’s good to get your mind off of it, and just smile and laugh. Plus, we’ll get to know each other better, right? 😉 See you in a bit!