When the ground shifts

Breathe.

So many peo­ple are will­ing to dis­cuss options, med­ical rec­om­men­da­tions, emo­tions.…

Cry.

Yell.

You can deal with them anoth­er day.

Hug.

Sleep.

Stare at the wall.

Google, if you absolute­ly must. (This advice not to com­ing from an avid researcher and neu­ro­sci­en­tist.)

There is no right way to process life-alter­ing news. I’m sor­ry you are here, and am ever so will­ing to pray for you.

Try

A breath prayer

Read

Why Grief and Lament are Faith­ful

Is This a Sea­son

Listen

Lis­ten to the first let­ter
(It may bring emo­tions back to the sur­face. It may give you fore­sight some of us wish we’d had.)

When you are ready…

These next two sug­ges­tions are not for the days just fol­low­ing the diag­no­sis. You may sim­ply want to book­mark this page. How­ev­er, you are wel­come to them when­ev­er is right for you.

Find your let­ter

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