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The 7 words that can hurt more than help…
"Let me know if you need anything." These 7 words are usually the first ones spoken to a person in a crisis. What if I told you these words can actually hurt more than help? Sure, we all mean well. We hear about the person who has been diagnosed with cancer, or the...
The Narrow Way
I'm considering expanding my blog to my own website and making this cancer journey a subtopic on a much grander scale. God's really been speaking to me loudly over the last year and it's all along the lines of suffering and what God teaches you in the journey. Through...
It’s All About Perspective
A common theme that has been reoccurring for me over the last few weeks is about perspective. It all started when I was doing some freelance transcription work on a course about 1-, 2-, and 3-point perspective in photography and art. I was amazed at the differences...
Cancer is Not a Spectator Sport
Hello—my name is Crystal Renaud. I consider myself Jenny’s best friend or should I say, Jenny is my best friend. Either way, we’re besties. At the beginning of this cancer journey, Jenny handed me the keys to her blog and today I want to share the things that she...
The Depth of Suffering
If you have ever experienced the bottomless pit feeling of suffering, with this post you will probably be able to relate. We have all experienced suffering in our lives, in one form or another. Some of it has been short-lived, some have experienced windows of...
What doesn’t kill you…..
It's been a while since I've posted. Mostly because I haven't had a lot of inspirational positive posts in me. You know the saying, "If you don't have anything nice to say...." Well I haven't. So I'm giving it to you straight...sticking true to the title of this blog,...