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Steph Penny's Writing's title: Steph Penny's Writing – Surviving Chronic Illness, Surviving Childlessness, Surviving Singledom
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In my solitary days of unwanted singledom, I received all sorts of unsolicited advice about how to unsingle myself. You know the sort:
‘You need to get out more.’
‘Maybe you should be less picky.’
‘Have you considered online dating?’
Some of that advice was pretty good, actually. Take the online dating, for instance. That’s how I me...
‘I live with lupus,’ the lady said, ‘and when I saw in your author bio that you live with lupus too, I told myself I simply had to meet you!’
‘I’m so thrilled to meet a fellow lupie!’ I laughed. Lupus is a rare condition and I often feel a bit alone and lost in the dark with it, so I was genuinely thrilled to meet someone who had been through similar experiences...
‘I’ll pray for your healing,’ smiled the young woman.
‘Actually,’ I smiled back, ‘I think God has told me he’s not going to heal me.’
The woman frowned. ‘That’s not the God I know. My God would never deny me healing.’
‘OK, let me tell you my weird testimony…’
In the not-too-distant past, I was at a book signing, talking to a custome...
It’s been a difficult morning. A difficult month, actually. Nothing special, just the general busyness of work and life. Lots of appointments and medical things going on, all important, all worthwhile, but taxing. And it’s catching up with me.
At times like these, I often hear the voice of the Perfectionist bellowing in my ear:
‘You should be able to c...
Last weekend I participated in a first-time Indie Author Book Festival in Adelaide. I had so much fun talking to customers and chatting to fellow authors all day—the conversations were nearly non-stop!
Lots of people stopped by my table to talk about chronic illness. One thing that came up again and again was how often people have been told to try yoga. Seriousl...
