by Jamie Holloway | Sep 15, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
One of the ways I cope with living with chronic illness is getting lost inside a good book. This last week has been rough, several doctor appointments and getting a CT scan and starting Prednisone. By Thursday I was on the verge of collapse. Thursday afternoon,...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 22, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I first heard about Anne Frank in 8th grade in my English class. We read “The Diary of Anne Frank”, and I was enthralled with her journey. So, when I heard Alice Hoffman, who is one of my favorite writers, wrote a fiction book on Anne Frank before she...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 18, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
My health became super important to me when I first experienced not being able to breathe well. At first I thought it was because I was out of shape. When that was not it, I went and saw my doctor. It turned out my trachea was closing up and if you read my blog you...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 23, 2025 | Books/Music
What is the difference between happy and Joy? I did not have a clue until I read Joyspan. Dr. Kerry Burnight explains the difference in her book Joyspan. According to Dr. Burnight. Joyspan is the psychological well-being and satisfaction in your entire life. It...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 14, 2025 | Auto-immune, Supporting Each Other
I have been on respite from blogging. I didn’t plan it. It just happened. Two years ago, as I have written before, I had sepsis from an infection from a wound on my leg. Two years is what it took for my leg wound to heal. I still have three small spots healing...
by Jamie Holloway | May 23, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
I apologize for not writing for a long time. I am going through emotional and physical changes that have me in a quiet zone. My dad used to call it the silence of the soul. In silence we can listen to God speak to us. I am working to find my way back to myself. It has...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 12, 2025 | Auto-immune, Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Caregiving is an intimate job, especially when it involves a family member or close friend. I was a caregiver for ten years for someone that I love. One of my older sisters was one for our mom until she passed away in October. It is intimidating, challenging,...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 20, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Living with chronic illness you learn alot about endurance and managing the pain and doing the impossible. I live with chronic illness and I know what endurance is. So, when I first received Iron Hope by James Lawrence I was not that inspired to read it....
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 17, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
Recently, I was given an opportunity to read Ripening Time by Patrice Gopo. I have read Gopo’s children’s book All the Places We Call Home and loved it. Ripening Time is a beautifully crafted children’s book about plantains. I have to be honest, I have...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 1, 2025 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey
When I first started reading Megan Goodwin and Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst book Religion is Not Done With You I was confused. I did not understand what their premise was. The title confused me a bit. I was still intrigued. Goodwin and Fuerst’s concept of...
Please wait...