Kara's Collection

Kara’s Collection: My Ugly, His Faithfulness

Kara’s Collection: My Ugly, His Faithfulness

From an article originally posted October 26, 2013…

I cannot properly describe the mix of emotions I felt yesterday. I can hardly swallow the pill of the current reality I’m facing. I find myself making inappropriate jokes about my brain tumor as it seems easier than facing it.

Early Thursday morning, the call came from my sweet Anna that she was in active labor. She and Andrew had offered me the gift of my life in inviting me to be with them for the delivery of their sweet baby girl. But how could these two events be colliding? I needed to be there for the birth of this dear, sweet baby, and I NEEDED to get rid of my brain tumor. Look at that sentence. That is a sentence I never expected to write.

Kara’s Collection: Two More Days—Guest Post by Jonna McMahon

Kara’s Collection: Two More Days—Guest Post by Jonna McMahon

From an article originally posted October 25, 2013…

July 14, 1976, I became a big sister. My very first memory of my sister, Kara Lynne Thewlies, was her arriving home from the hospital. Kara and I grew up as very typical sisters. Being older, I was required to entertain my younger sister. I could be mean and my sister could be a pain. I always had a built in playmate.

Kara’s Collection: The Choice

Kara’s Collection: The Choice

From an article originally posted October 22, 2013…

Every day presents itself with a myriad choices before each of us, choices in: actions, decisions, attitudes, and behavior. Jason and I are making decisions we never in our wildest dreams expected to be making, yet with each new step there seems to be not only a decision, but a choice in our attitude.

Kara’s Collection: Let’s Go! The Jesus Story Book Bible

Kara’s Collection: Let’s Go! The Jesus Story Book Bible

From an article originally posted October 21, 2013…

Sally Lloyd Jones has a gift. She has a gift for beautifully telling the greatest story ever told. In my stack of devotional books I carry from one favorite perch to another, you will find the following: my Bible, Charles Spurgeon’s Morning by Morning, and Sally’s The Jesus Storybook Bible. A dear friend of mine arranged for me to meet this sweet gift. It was a day I will NEVER forget. Sally was just as I imagined her to be soft, loving, frank, and not afraid to enter the suffering of another.

Kara’s Collection: Me

Kara’s Collection: Me

From an article originally posted October 17, 2013…

Simple title. I’m awake late at night with a desire to tell my new readers about me. I want to tell about the me that has nothing to do with cancer. Dear reader, I want to tell you a few snippets of me apart from the battle I’m facing.