Rare Faith Blog

After a much-needed week-long chemo break to celebrate our son’s graduation from BYU and visit family in Utah, I returned to the infusion center on Monday, 5/1/2023 for Round 4. But before diving into...

Someone shared this video with me when they heard I was battling cancer.

It sparked a question that maybe some of my other readers have also been wondering, so I decided to make a post about it.

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April 10, 2023

Sitting here for round 3 of chemo.
Round 2 was easier than the first in some ways... and harder in others.

I didn’t get that awful food poisoning feeling again, which was a win—but da...

Round 2 is in the books! I’ve learned that for me at least the first day of a chemo round isn’t miserable, it’s just weird. We call it “Mom’s glitching again”. Like fingers that suddenly stop doing wh...

First, a little back story. If you're just hearing about this, you might want to start with Leslie's Cancer.

3/9/2023 four days before chemo

With chemo on the horizon, Sarah (16) starting spring bre...

This is not going to be your typical Rare Faith Newsletter and it's a little hard to know where to start, but here goes...

In July I began having abdominal pain that I attributed to probable leaky gu...

Student Spotlight: Jamie Jensen

When she was in her early twenties, Jamie Jensen fully recovered from Stage lV kidney disease, depression, and cardiovascular disease. In her words, it was "through pe...

By Heidi Dahlke

My struggles with weight began early in my marriage. My husband was hardly ever home—he was a teacher and coached three different sports—so I spent a lot of time alone. That was the f...

Tamara Shimmin

There’s a rhythm to life that’s hard to notice in the moment—but crystal clear when you look back through time.

Everyone experiences ups and downs. But the Law of Rhythm takes on a wh...