Grow Through It: Health Issues & Illness and Loss & Grief
Joelle Wright-Terry, retired Detroit police officer and hospice chaplain, tells her story of surviving COVID and becoming a COVID widow. She grew through it by the grace of God. She learned how to trust in God, survive, and take over her husband’s business. She encourages everyone to take everyday as it comes and tell your loved ones you love them.
Grow Through It: Health Issues & Illness
Caryn Anthony, author of the blog, Any Way the Wind Blows, describes caring for and working with her young adult son at every stage of his illness — when it was a chronic condition, a serious illness and finally in hospice care. She worked to separate her needs from his, advocated for him, but stepped back to allow him to lead.
Grow Through It: Health Issues & Illness
Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard, author of The Blink of an Eye, describes growing through a deadly bout of bacterial meningitis with the help of excellent doctors, her devoted family, and good luck. Her message is that every day counts, be there for each other, and do something for the greater good.
Grow Through It: Health Issues & Illness
Steve Garvey, former band member of the 70s punk rock group Buzzcocks, on growing through cancer by trusting your doctors and relying on family and friends.