by Abigail Alleman | Mar 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
As the sunlight filters its glistening beams across the too-full room in the ICU, I awake. To my right, head bowed, hands bent and clasped, is the psychiatrist who loves Jesus. She lifts her head, smiles and says in a gentle voice, “Good morning, Abigail. I have been...
by Abigail Alleman | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
The whisper of summer breeze caresses my face as I perch on the concrete steps of New Creation Lutheran Church. This has become a daily meeting hour. After dinner, my fellow team members and I linger outside with the neighborhood kids. They’ll pop wheelies,...
by Abigail Alleman | Feb 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sun streams through the windows of my van, golden and sure. I am singing, in and out of key, to a song from the radio. I am on my way to visit a potential preschool for my three year-old sitting in the seat behind me.I am happy. I am alive. I know everything in my...
by Abigail Alleman | Feb 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
An ominous, foreboding cloud hovered about me. I was in the haze of the heavy sedation which was a part of my stay at Szent Imre Korház in Budapest, Hungary.I remember very little from these three days in the ICU. But I know I couldn’t breathe. I...
by Abigail Alleman | Jan 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
Note: This post is meant to be read in the context of a relationship with Jesus. If you don’t have this relationship or have questions about it, go here.I am just out of the hospital in Budapest, Hungary. I am still not sleeping much for it takes a while to...
