by Tina | Mar 22, 2026 | Thoughts
It’s Easter, the season to celebrate the glorious resurrection of Jesus Christ, and His gift of resurrection for each of us. “The soul shall be restored to the body, and the body to the soul; yea and every limb and joint shall be restored to its body; yea, even a hair...
by Tina | Dec 31, 2025 | Thoughts
When people hear that I’m in remission, they get a vision in their head of “life getting back to normal”. I know because that was the vision in my head, and those are the words the oncologist said to me. My cancer has been in remission for several months now, and for...
by Tina | Dec 28, 2025 | Thoughts
December 28, 2025 I like lists. I have made lists since I was a little girl, like what I wanted for Christmas, or this treasure, what I wanted for my future. My lists in my adulthood were impossibly long and often unrealistic. Truly, I am amazed at (and I really miss)...
by Tina | Nov 30, 2025 | Thoughts
December 1, 2025 C.S. Lewis famously said, “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else”. A faith in Jesus Christ acts as the necessary light and framework through which we can...
by Tina | Oct 16, 2025 | Thoughts
“Go my favorite sports team go! Score a goal. Unit. Basket. Go squadron! Defeat the opponents soundly in this…skirmish.” (Brian Regan) It’s football season. Fantasy football, pro football (in my corner of the world, the Chiefs), college games and my personal favorite,...
by Tina | Aug 10, 2025 | Updates
August 10, 2025 It’s been just over a year since my bone marrow transplant and I just had all the tests to see how my body and the treatments are doing at fighting off the cancer cells. It’s very good news. Everything looks really good! I’m in deep remission!...
by Tina | Jul 7, 2025 | Thoughts
When I was recovering from my hip replacement surgery in early February, there was a sign on the wall of my hospital room that said, “Movement is Medicine”. I believe that with all my heart, and it has guided me for much of my adult life. I remember my mom saying (in...
by Tina | May 12, 2025 | Thoughts
May 12, 2025 For the past few months, I’ve been reading my mom’s journals. It has been a sweet experience. My Mom started writing in a journal during a very difficult time in our family. I’m so glad she made time for it. I discovered something as I read: I knew I...
by Tina | Apr 21, 2025 | Thoughts, Updates
April 21, 2025 “Here, then, is a great truth. In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner’s fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong. In...
