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I’m a (mostly) healthy chef. You can find me cooking for private events, teaching in-home cooking classes, and in my kitchen coming up with new recipes. My best inspiration comes from traveling, as I explore a new culture through its food. Traveling allows me to experience the beauty and awesomeness of God’s creation – breathtaking vistas, spirited people, intricate creatures, and yes…indigenous bounties of fruits, vegetables, and seafood. And I can’t just keep all I see and do and eat and cook to myself…so come on an adventure with me!

Category: chronic illness

  • Lenten Wilderness

    Lenten Wilderness

    God doesn’t ask us to be in the perfect place in order to do His work. Instead He promises to meet us in the very middle of our wilderness, and there He will reveal His glory as we find purpose amidst of our suffering.

  • Jesus Understands

    Jesus Understands

    No, Jesus probably didn’t experience the exact set of symptoms we struggle with, but He understands our experience in one profound way that encompasses any and everything we will ever endure. Fully God yet fully man; Jesus was constantly suspended in the tension of a Spirit that knows unbounded freedom, and of humanity that only…

  • Reckless Love

    What do we do when healing doesn’t come in the way we hoped? What is reckless about God’s love? Dive in to find out!

  • Soaring on the Wings of Faith 

    Soaring on the Wings of Faith 

    Last week, walking into my neurosurgeon’s office in D.C. as I have many times the past several years, I noticed a brightly colored hummingbird lying breathless on the sidewalk. As I gasped at its beauty and mourned this little loss, I felt God meeting me in that place. I have come leaps and bounds in…

  • A Pathway Through the Sea

    A Pathway Through the Sea

    There are no words to begin to express my gratitude for God’s grace and mercy, and for the way that he has heard and answered prayers lifted to heaven from all corners of the world over me and my medical team! Thank you my faithful friends for interceding to our mighty and loving God, whose…

  • Calm in the Chaos

    Calm in the Chaos

    It’s pretty easy to trust God when we can see the path ahead, and to have peace about a situation when everything’s going smoothly. But what about when it’s not? I used to think that God’s peace over a situation meant that the path would seamlessly unfold before me – no bumps, no hurdles, no…

  • So this is Christmas…

    So this is Christmas…

    “So this is Christmas, and what have you done, another year over, and a new one just begun…” (John Lennon) And just like that, Christmas is here again… this year went by frighteningly fast! The festive trees, twinkling lights, carols and good cheer make this season pretty magical, but with the familiar sights and sounds…

  • Stepping Out on the Waves

    Stepping Out on the Waves

    So many of you have been following my health journey for sometime now…you’ve covered me with encouragement, support and prayer and celebrated my wins and victories with me. And I want to thank you so much!! It’s an honor to get to share my story and to hopefully be an encouragement as well…because we are…