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Broken Open
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I recently read the book
Broken Open: How difficult times can help us grow
and I was completely blown away by it.
It had some beautiful messages and passages and I wrote down my favorite ones to share with you all!
Life’s deepest experience is the joy that fills our hearts when we love and give to others.
In the end, what will matter is how much we loved-
Families, our friends, everyone we knew, everyone who traveled with us during our brief visit to this unbearably lovely place.
What will matter is the good we did, not the good we expected others to do.
This is still the real work at hand: for each one of us to meet the bad in the world with the good in our own hearts.
If we do not suffer a loss all the way to the end, it will wait for us.
It won’t just dissipate and disappear. Rather, it will fester, and we will experience its sorrow later, in stranger forms.
This is my path and the particular difficulties given to me are my teachers.
If we are not willing to confront the truth about ourselves that a loss unearths, we squander a rare and precious opportunity for transformation.
Our grief, while deeply felt, runs the risk of becoming a sentimental escape from the most meaningful part of the journey.
You can find this book an Amazon HERE and the author’s website can be found HERE.
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In 2012 my oldest son, Jackson, was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. At that time I had never heard of it and so began this journey. I realized that because of the extent of the diagnosis, I don't have much time with my dear son. I took a year to process, grieve, get upset, test my faith, and then to make the decision of how I would let this affect me. The result is this website, Joy in Jackson's Journey, because I realized that instead of falling down with the pain and heartbreak of my situation, I'm choosing to rise up and face it head on, to fight for my son and to show how I not only survive through this new normal, but thrive.
Our Story
It all began back in January of 2012, Jackson was 3 years old and had a diagnosis of Autism (which I’ll share about later), and I took him to see a Biomedical doctor to try the gluten free/casein free diet and supplements to see if if would help him out. After meeting with the doctor she ordered a routine bloodtest to make sure that there wasn't any underlying disorders before beginning supplements.
A few days after getting Jackson’s bloodwork done, I got a phone call from the Doctor. It is a day I will NEVER forget. First of all, because I knew she was away on a family vacation and she was calling me and #2) because she then said, ”I received Jackson’s labs and I need to discuss something with you”.
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