I was sitting at my desk, as I reached a hand across to answer my ringing phone. “Guess who’s flying to New York City!?” My parents surprised me, as they recounted how I had made it into The True North Choir. I was absolutely shocked. I would graduate from the University of Washington and thenContinue reading “Performing at Carnegie Hall”
Category Archives: My Testimony
Valley of the Shadow of Death
Psalm 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” This verse has been the verse I cling to in the darkest valleys, on the brightest mountain tops, and everywhere in-between. I haveContinue reading “Valley of the Shadow of Death”
WSC: My 4-Minute Talk
This past summer I had the opportunity to be coached and to have a three to five minute talk professionally recorded at the Women Speakers Collective. In this talk I explain a part of my story and how God always has a plan for our pain. You can watch it on my YouTube channel here.
My Testimony: Part 4
In addition to my mental health problems and epilepsy, I was also diagnosed with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism in 2019. Your thyroid is the butterfly shaped gland in your neck and it regulates pretty much everything. The autoimmune disorder is caused when antibodies in the immune system start to attack the thyroid cells thinking the antibodies areContinue reading “My Testimony: Part 4”
My Testimony: Part 3
Bright lights flashed dramatically through my closed eyelids. Patterns of green and blue swam in geometric circles. I felt dizzy from squeezing my eyes shut. “Good job. You may open your eyes now,” the nurse said. I opened my eyes as she pulled the strobe light away and I tried to focus them on theContinue reading “My Testimony: Part 3”
My Testimony: Part 2
I was sitting in a room with beautiful decorations. A diffuser was humming next to the window and I was playing with a squishy ball in my pocket. I liked coming here but I never knew what to talk about. I would talk about what I did during my day and then leave. I neverContinue reading “My Testimony: Part 2”
My Testimony: Part 1
In the spring of 2011, my dad, Brian Dickinson, left to climb the highest mountain in the world. He ended up summiting Mount Everest on May 15, 2011. For more about his story, you can find his book here. Although Everest may be my dad’s story, his story is still part of my own. IContinue reading “My Testimony: Part 1”
EMILY DICKINSON 