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I Didn't Know You Were in a Wheelchair Now

This has become a common sentence I hear, and I’m never sure how to respond.

Suzanne RoodSeptember 23, 2024Charcot-Marie-Tooth, CMT, faith, Christianity, health, wheelchair, wheel chairComment

Make Myself Remember

I have to make myself remember the skillful fingers that used to push a needle through calico layers

Suzanne RoodMay 9, 2024Mother's Day, Poem, Remember, DimentiaComment

His Banner Over Me is Love

A transcript of Suzanne’s talk at the “Brunch & Branches” event at Panton Community Church

Suzanne RoodDecember 18, 2023

I Have No Right to Complain

A poem regarding the recent Vermont floods

Suzanne RoodAugust 11, 2023Vermont, flood, poemComment

The Substance of Things Hoped For

The Rose of Sharon and the Trumpet Vine are always the last to leaf out

Suzanne RoodMay 11, 2023Comment

Hope in a Pecan Pie

I have always admired my mom’s perfectly crimped pie crust edges.

Suzanne RoodJanuary 3, 2023parkinson's, NeuropathyComment

The Practicing Battle: "How do I get my kid to practice?"

Here are some suggestions I’ve collected…

Suzanne RoodNovember 17, 2021Comment

A Twist and a Swirl

It happened so quickly. I was just stepping out of the car….

Suzanne RoodJanuary 11, 2021

Uncle Bert's Hat Game

I never met my Great Aunt Ruby…

Suzanne RoodNovember 28, 2020

Does God care about a mirror?

Is it too frivolous to pray for a mirror?

Suzanne RoodAugust 24, 2020

Confessions of a Christian Snob

I don’t even remember her name. She lived in an old

Suzanne RoodJune 16, 2020

There Was a Time

“Do you think about CMT every day?” my husband asked

Suzanne RoodMay 29, 2020

Has Jesus Been Gentle with Me?

This is Part 2 of the talk I gave at the Women’s Mini-Conference in Bristol, Vermont.

Suzanne RoodMarch 24, 2020Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Christianity, Trusting God

What kind of person is Jesus?

This is Part 1 of the talk I gave at the Women’s Mini-Conference on March 14

Suzanne RoodMarch 17, 2020Christianity, Jesus, Gentleness

What Daddy Was Scared Of

If you sit down next to him, before long you might hear a story like this one…

Suzanne RoodFebruary 20, 2020Memories, Georgia, World War II, 1941 Comment

I Just Can't See It

Other people in Vermont climb one of our local mountains for the view….

Suzanne RoodFebruary 4, 2020Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Trusting God, Prayer

Decade Challenged

I think I look pretty much the same—on the outside, at least…

Suzanne RoodDecember 2, 2019Decade Challenge, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Christianity Comment

Barbies and Broken Bones

The cardboard cutting mat was unfolded on the dining room table…

Suzanne RoodOctober 15, 2019