Happy Friday friends! I hope that you have had the most wonderful week! It has been a busy busy week over here for me catching up after being away for nearly two weeks and I am looking forward to the weekend! Here are some of my favorite things from this past week! First of all....
Y'all probably saw me share about this on Instagram and on the blog this week, but y'all. THIS. Highlight of my trip to California. You can read the whole story HERE, but seriously this was such an amazing experience!!
2. New Junk Journals Available in the Shop!
I am so excited y'all to say that there are just a few of the mother's day #keychainjunkjournals left in the shop!!
I love all the different designs, but these colors just make me smile. I love these soft purples, pinks, and golds. It is so classic.
If you are looking for a gift for a mom like figure in your life, there are also some "thank you" options available.
This one is one of my favorites with the flower vintage button!
These are just a few of the adorable new key chain junk journals now available in the shop! You can check out the shop HERE! Thank you so much for your purchases and your support of this shop and these journals!
As May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, I just wanted to take a moment and share again how honored I was when Lauren asked me to come on her podcast and share part of my health journey and story with her community a couple of months ago! If you would like to listen to it you can do so HERE! This was probably one of my most vulnerable interviews that I have ever done and it was truly an honor. Thank you again Lauren for having me!
Every year I share how speechless I am at how this little book, my first book baby, has traveled around the world and now been translated into TEN different languages! This May, I am no less grateful or speechless... I continue to marvel at all the ways that God has used this book and all the ways that He continues to use it. Thank you so much for all of the ways that you have supported this book and so many of the different book projects over the years. You are truly a blessing!
Looking to bless someone struggling with Lyme Disease this May? Consider gifting this book to them or one of the other Lyme Disease books of encouragement that I have written. You can click on the different titles below:
When Hope Restores (Daily Reflections on Hope from the Psalms)
When Truth Refreshes (A devotional for all of the emotions of fighting Lyme Disease)
When Light Dawns (an Advent and Christmas Devotional)
This is a new Etsy shop that I have been dreaming about and planning for a couple of years that is now live: The Lyme Boutique! The Lyme Boutique is a shop with products specifically for Lyme Disease patients and those who love them! Cozy, practical, and encouraging, each of these items are curated to inspire joy and hope in every part of your life as you courageously fight Lyme Disease or walk alongside a loved one who is battling Lyme.
As I have healed from the Lyme Disease journey I prayed about how to best encourage those still in the battle. I have found that sharing my story, advocating for better medical treatment and testing and living a life honoring all of those who helped me heal is one of the greatest gifts. At the same time my heart resonates with those deeply discouraged in the battle which is where the Lyme Boutique dream started.
There are currently no other shops that are dedicated solely to help those with Lyme Disease or the caregivers who love them. I am so excited to open this new shop!
I hope that you will stop by the shop, which is truly an extension of my heart. Every single purchase is truly a gift and a blessing and I am so grateful for your sweet support of this shop. I have written this in my books and on this blog, but I was correctly and accurately diagnosed with Lyme Disease after seeing over 273 different doctors. The battle for my life and health (after several well known medical facilities and hospitals told me I had only months to live) was some of the most painful and difficult years I have ever walked through. Like many Lyme patients it was one of the most isolating experiences and my desire to encourage other Lyme patients started with my first book, "Praying through Lyme Disease" published in 2014. Since then that little book has been translated into ten different languages and other encouraging Lyme books followed.
This shop will also be helping other Lyme patients! Each purchase gives a percentage to helping other Lyme patients financially in the future with providing scholarships to help cover the cost of the treatment for this disease.
This shop will also be helping other Lyme patients! Each purchase gives a percentage to helping other Lyme patients financially in the future with providing scholarships to help cover the cost of the treatment for this disease.
It was a difficult day, and I am still recovering from this and it's been a bit rough, but overall I am just incredibly grateful for all of the prayer requests that were answered on Wednesday. You can read all about this HERE!
With Caravan Sonnet turning ten years old I thought it would be fun on Fridays to share some older posts from the blog! One of the things that Caravan Sonnet developed into was a travel blog from its earliest days. First, writing about traveling with a chronic illness and then developing into cozy luxury travel it has been beautiful to think and plan for the upcoming adventures of this year and to look back on all of the adventures in the past. You can read more HERE!
It was amazing to be back in the same area in California that I was at TEN years ago... nearly to the date. Seeing how far my health has come... it was honestly overwhelming in many ways. I am still processing, but there were lots of tears, lots of gratitude moments, and lots of just sitting still reflecting on the past ten years. Don't let anyone tell you that things are impossible. I am living proof that this is simply not true. I shared a little bit about this on the screenshot above on Instagram. You can read that post I reference HERE.
Thank you for making this such an incredible space to come to and connect with every single day. I am so blessed!!
Thank you for stopping by today friends! I hope you have a wonderful Friday and long weekend!
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