Welcome back everyone…here we are at Chapter 6. If you are new to my story, take some time to go read Chapters 1-5 before reading this one. In this part of my story, we pick up right when I had to stop working on November 1, 2015. It has taken me more mental preparation to write…
The Eccedentesiast: A poem about hiding pain behind a smile
The Eccedentesiast I tell of my journey with a smile on my face- how else shall I explain the pain that time simply cannot erase? To tell it with emotion would paralyze me there unable to move forward every time I share. The process of becoming a master of disguise was long and arduous; the truth…
“Normal”: A poem about longing for normalcy when living in chronic pain
“Normal” Today I just want to be normal; I want my pain to go away. I want to live my life without it getting in the way. I want to just be me without the aching in my bones, to go and do and see instead of staying home. Today I want a life simple…
Chapter 5: “The Storm Begins” (The Story of EmilySpeaks)
The amount of stress placed on my body would have been too much even for someone who was at 100% physically…so in my fragile state, it spelled disaster-in the form of my condition deteriorating rapidly.
Chapters 3 & 4: The Story of EmilySpeaks
Once they sat the chair down in my bedroom, it was now time to get me settled into the four walls that would be my fortress of recovery and prison that locked me away from the world all rolled-into one.
Chapters 1&2: The Story of EmilySpeaks
In this entry, you will find Chapters 1-2 of my story detailing my journey with a severe spinal injury, chronic pain, spinal fusion surgery, depression, recovery, and losing everything to my condition. You are not alone!
God Is Faithful
I always make it a point in my outreach to encourage everyone to keep holding on and keep trusting God even when things seem hopeless. After I have proclaimed and trusted in His faithfulness in my own desperate and dark situation, He has FINALLY blessed me with an amazing testimony PROVING His faithfulness! Those of…
