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Choose Joy: A Moment to Be Embraced

Each Monday in January I am sharing a few quotes from Choose Joy , by Sara Frankl and Mary Carver. Sara lived with Ankylosing Spondylitis, a disease that was progressive and caused her to be in constant severe pain. She was completely confined to her home, but through the internet her words reached far beyond her own walls. Sara encouraged me through her example of perseverance and joy in the midst of a very difficult life. Today I am sharing a few quotes from Sara in which she talks about emb...

Learning Gratitude through Chronic Illness

I will never forget the first time I visited my dear friend, Arlene, a few years ago. Arlene was a godly woman who was homebound and living with a terminal illness. She and I sat in her living room in the comfortable recliners, and our husbands served us lunch. I remember Arlene thanking her husband so sweetly and sincerely as he served her that afternoon. She was mostly confined to her recliner, but her heart was filled with gratitude. She told me, “I can’t imagine not being thankful. When s...

Choose Joy: I Especially Choose the French Fries

I have been reading, and re-reading, Sara Frankl's book, Choose Joy, because it has been so encouraging. It is rare to find a book by someone with a severe chronic illness. Choose Joy resonated with me in so many ways that I didn't know where to begin with my book review last week. Instead of trying to capture how special this book was to me in one post, I have decided to spread out the joy! Each Monday in January I will be sharing a quote from Choose Joy, plus a few thoughts of my own.

Also,...

I Especially Choose the French Fries

I have been reading, and re-reading, Sara Frankl's book, Choose Joy, because it has been so encouraging. It is rare to find a book by someone with a severe chronic illness. Choose Joy resonated with me in so many ways that I didn't know where to begin with my book review last week. Instead of trying to capture how special this book was to me in one post, I have decided to spread out the joy! Each Monday in January I will be sharing a quote from Choose Joy, plus a few thoughts of my own.

Also,...

IV Fluids for Dysautonomia Treatment

Recently someone in the Cranberry Tea Time community asked me about IV fluids, how I get them, and how they help me. I responded to her email, but I thought that some of you might be interested in this information too. Today I would like to share about how IV fluids help me and the different ways I have received them. If you have dysautonomia or a chronic illness, this information might be interesting and helpful for you. If you don't, then this might be a very boring post! 

Intravenous f...

Book Review: Choose Joy

In 2010 I found Sara Frankl through (in)courage. Her monthly posts there were always my favorite, and soon I started reading her personal blog daily. She was kind and welcoming to all. She shared openly about her life with a severe chronic illness and extreme pain, and she shared about how she chose joy in the midst of it all. 
Getting to know Sara through her blog made things less scary for me as my health declined, and I became increasingly homebound. Without even knowing it, Sara mento...

Choose Joy

In 2010 I found Sara Frankl through (in)courage. Her monthly posts there were always my favorite, and soon I started reading her personal blog daily. She was kind and welcoming to all. She shared openly about her life with a severe chronic illness and extreme pain, and she shared about how she chose joy in the midst of it all. 
Getting to know Sara through her blog made things less scary for me as my health declined, and I became increasingly homebound. Without even knowing it, Sara mento...

Top Ten Blog Posts of 2015

Hello Friends,
Thank you so much for visiting me here on Cranberry Tea Time this year. I appreciate all of you, whether you are new here or a long-time reader, whether you comment often or simply read quietly. Thank you for taking time out of your day to be here.
I was curious about the most-read posts from this year. I looked through my stats, and these are the ones that received the most attention this year. If you are new here, or if you missed a few blog posts this year, you might enjoy rea...

The Second Advent

The Advent season was a blessing to me this year. I enjoyed reading Scripture passages for Advent each week. I was encouraged by the promises and prophecies of the Messiah. It was good to remember the waiting, longing, and hope of God’s people. It is incredible to read in God’s Word about how God kept His promise to send a Savior. It is astonishing that the Creator of the universe would come to Earth as Emmanuel, God with us.
The message of Advent doesn’t end at Christmas. It continues through...

A Great Light

It is Christmas Eve. Tomorrow we celebrate the birth of Jesus! We have been preparing our hearts by reading the prophecies, and tomorrow we celebrate the coming of the One who was promised! Jesus—the Son of God, Emmanuel, the Righteous Ruler, the Branch, the One who would crush the head of the serpent, the Ancient of Days—has come to earth!
If you have missed any of the previous Advent readings, you can find them here:In the BeginningI Will Bless YouA Righteous BranchA Sign
The True Light has c...