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How He Loves – the power of a song in the midst of pain

November 16, 2019 Kim Harms Home
Artwork by Kim Harms

He sat on the couch and listened to How He Loves over and over. We had just learned his mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, and this was my hubby’s way of dealing with the news. Worship.

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Thankful That Cancer Gave Me the Gift of Knowing Human Frailty

November 17, 2018 Kim Harms Home
Photo by Kim Harms

I was 40 and already had a head of prematurely gray hair (I hide it well) when Dr. Testroet called with the crummy cancer news, but the following words from Jen Wilkin’s 27-year-old experience ring

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How a Bunch of Teenage Boys Unexpectedly Cured My Heartache

January 20, 2018 Kim Harms Home
Photo by Kim Harms

(I need to preface this with a short note. Today, January 20, is the 2nd anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. Hard anniversaries bring heartache. And today I will remember the phone call that left

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Trusting God Through the Tough Stuff

July 16, 2016 Kim Harms Home
Photo courtesy on Hondo at Morgefile.com

Last summer I read through the books of Isaiah and Jeremiah. I didn’t have a particular reason. I guess I just wanted to hang out with the major prophets. But God knew why I was reading some

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His Response to My Breast Cancer: Selfless Giving

March 19, 2016 Kim Harms Home
Photo by Kim Harms

On January 20, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. A month later, I underwent a bilateral mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. What the breast cancer did to knock the wind out of me emotionally, the surgery did

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Life After Cancer

December 12, 2015 Jenni Beaver Home

 Hi, my name is Jenni and my mom had breast cancer. Sounds like the start of an AA meeting. In some ways, that’s how life after cancer feels. It’s like you need counseling. Or prayer.

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