Archive for the Tag 'Healing'
shersh on 22 Feb 2016
RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS – FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE https://youtu.be/Stay Skinny or Stay Hungry?OMKJOZpYOa8 When my daughter became sick, I could hardly comprehend the reality that she – my wild child, joy of my life – was ill with a disease that kills more young woman, between the ages of 17-23, in […]
Tags: Anorexia, Choose Life, Hard Work, Healing, Heartache, Hunger, Live Full, Radically Redemptive Relationships, Skinny, Strong
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shersh on 12 Jun 2011
“Count back from one hundred,” the anesthesiologist prompted me with the standard cue that ushers surgery patients into a safe oblivion. In those split seconds before everything went blank I remember thinking, “It would be okay if I didn’t wake up.” Wow. Even as I write that sentence it is hard for me to believe that […]
Tags: Addiction, Colorado, counselor, Grace, Gratitude, Healing, Illness, Sharon Hersh, Storms, substance abuse, Suffering
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shersh on 04 Apr 2009
I was sitting in a nail salon on Friday morning pampering myself with a manicure when a group of teenage girls pushed through the door. “We’d like a manicure!” they said in unison. “It will be fifteen minutes,” the girl behind the counter replied. “Pick out your colors.” The girls proceeded to pick their nail polishes as […]
Tags: Add new tag, Healing, Relationships
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shersh on 02 Oct 2008
Tomorrow I head to Dallas to speak at the MOP’s (Mothers of Pre-schoolers) Convention. I can’t wait to be a part of this amazing event and to speak to young mothers about addiction. I recently wrote an article for the MOP’s magazine, Fulfill. (http://www.fullfill.org/fullfill/) entitled “Thirst”. I wrote about my own addiction to alcohol […]
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shersh on 10 Sep 2008
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of accompanying a friend to the Mayo Clinic. When I first got there I was amazed and appalled. When we pulled up to one of the hospitals in the sprawling complex, there were 60-75 people in wheelchairs waiting for transport. Everywhere we went there were sick people […]
Tags: Addiction, God's Mercy, Healing
Filed in Addiction,God's Mercy,Healing,Relationship with Jesus