Look Good, Even When You Don’t Feel Good
09.20.17
Just because I have all of these illnesses, and all of these issues, doesn’t mean that I should just look super-sick. There’s no shame in trying to look as great as you possibly can, even ...
Transplant
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A New Liver—and Mindset—Bring About Healing
09.20.17
Healing starts from within yourself. The process is aided by the surroundings and people you choose. You want to make choices that are healthy, mentally and physically, for your mind and body.
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Home is Where Healing Happens
09.20.17
For so many months, he was so sick, and unable to even move his arms and legs. He used to get mad watching his sister play because it was like, ‘Why can’t I do that?’ And now …
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Double Lung Transplant Forces Mom to Put Herself First
09.20.17
In my mind, I just kept realizing I can’t be his mom right now, I have to focus on me, I have to focus on the healing to be able to get where I need to be.
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Chad: Find Your Motivation
09.13.17
A series of pictures of Chad Methum of New Hope, MN, taken in the year following Chad’s liver transplant in 2015, creates a record of what healing looks like—on the outside. In every photo taken b...
Nicole: Take the Time You Need to Heal
09.13.17
Temporarily turning over “care and feeding” of her only child to his grandparents helped heal Nicole Wills of Cramerton, NC, after complications from pulmonary fibrosis catapulted her toward a dou...
Molly: You Need Someone to Not Forget About You
09.13.17
Molly Sturgis of Chaska, MN, needs neither ruby slippers nor Glinda the Good Witch to know there’s no place like home. Her son, Telford, better known as Telly, was treated for acute myeloid leukemia...
Hope Conquers All: Inspiring Stories of Love and Healing from CaringBridge
02.16.17
On June 7, 1997, CaringBridge founder Sona Mehring launched one website to support a close friend who endured a life-threatening pregnancy. Baby Brighid lived only 9 days, but her legacy is reflected ...
How Bob Survived Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
06.16.16
Bob Kaufman wasn’t used to a slow-paced life. Once a producer on the nationally televised CBS: This Morning, he’s now the chief communications officer for the state of Texas Department of Tran...
Unexpected Bumps, and a Community to Get Them Through
09.22.15
Earlier, we met the Bushaws: Expecting parents who had their expectations turned on their heads when they discovered they were awaiting mono/mono twins: a high-risk, highly rare case of identical litt...