Q & A – Living with Endometriosis

The Chronic Life – Types of Doctor Appointments

This will be a continuing series throughout my blog. They are meant to be short and shareable. In the life of a chronic pain and illness patient… there are 4 different kinds of Doctor appointments. The Anxious Kind:  You’ve been waiting for an answer or anticipating results from a new or increasingly painful symptom. This … Continue reading →

History Shows You Are Not Alone – Fibromyalgia

  I wrote this post last month and it first appeared on Blog.MyFibroTeam.com. It is shared on my site with permission. This was part of a 3-part blog series. I am very humbled that this post was shared over 600 times on Facebook.  —- Fibromyalgia. It’s a real condition and it’s really painful. That is a fact. Getting … Continue reading →

Blog Series on MyFibroTeam – Part 1

Greetings all. I hope that you are healthy and doing well. Last week, WordsByMara was featured on the MyFibroTeam.com blog. This is new and original content; which has not yet been published to my site. Please click here to read and share my article – History Shows You Are Not Alone With Fibromyalgia I’ve struggled … Continue reading →

Health and Happiness – Achieving Goals

Chronic illness is exactly that… chronic. Consistent. A vicious cycle. Every day. All day. Living with a chronic illness is not an excuse – it’s a reality. Many of us struggle to move beyond the every day aches, pains and flares out of fear that our body will trigger another vicious cycle of illness. A … Continue reading →

When Depression Takes Hold

It has been a hot topic lately and, unsurprisingly, a common health issue for women. I’m talking about depression. A couple years ago, I found myself bursting into tears during the day for no particular reason. I would sit at my home office and just sob without understanding why. I stopped doing things that I … Continue reading →

How to Overcome Trials

Until recent years, I thought the biggest trial of my life was going to begin and end with my motorcycle accident in 2005. Since it was such a long process to recover, I selfishly hoped that the Lord would never put me through something like that again. Wrong. Trials aren’t about who we are or … Continue reading →

Success and Suicide

Guest Post by Haley Berg – she is an absolute delight! I met Haley 3 years ago when I was working for our former church. Haley and her husband were our small group leaders for about 2 years and it has been a joy growing in faith together. I have never met anyone with as … Continue reading →

Healing Wounds of Depression

God has an incredible way of connecting people and prompting prayer. Have you ever had a name pop in your head randomly? How do you react to this unusual occurrence? I’ve had countless names enter my mind at an unexplainable time. It is when the Lord places a name on our hearts that we should … Continue reading →