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a space to share our heavy burdens

I Choose Grit
a space to share our heavy burdens
  • Girl with Migraine runs a 5k.
    exercise | Lifestyle | My Journey | suffering

    Girl with Migraine runs a 5k.

    Byichoosegrit October 1, 2025October 2, 2025

    As many know, pre-Migraine and sensitive nervous system Carrie was most definitely an athlete at heart, and a girl that loved to run and bike and swim and do all the things as much as possible. My high school CC…

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  • Take up your cross.
    Hope | My Journey | Uncategorized

    Take up your cross.

    Byichoosegrit September 2, 2024February 26, 2025

    In the Catholic world, you hear a lot about carrying your cross. Offering things up. Approaching suffering in a way that allows it to be redemptive. But what does this mean, actually? I’ve been chewing on this a bit more…

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  • What it Really Feels Like.
    Blog. | chronic pain | Hope | My Journey | Pain Management

    What it Really Feels Like.

    Byichoosegrit April 16, 2024February 26, 2025

    2024 Edit of this post: Republishing the post from 2019 below, which I revisited recently while doing some blog revamping. While rereading this, I was so struck by how normal my way of operating was to me at the time…a…

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  • community | general | Gritty Stories | Lifestyle | My Journey | Podcast

    Intentional Community: The Ladies.

    Byichoosegrit October 20, 2021June 17, 2024

    The latest podcast is on something I never set out to become quite SO passionate about, but I’m pretty ok with it….that is: intentional community. A few good ladies and I (Sam Vosters, Amanda Fahrendorf, & Sophie Collins), sat down…

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  • Gritty Stories | My Journey | Podcast

    An MLK Day Special.

    Byichoosegrit January 22, 2021June 13, 2024

    This week’s podcast episode is unique, featuring the majority of a talk my neighbor, Aaron McCoy, gave via zoom to a group of my friends & I this summer surrounding the topic of racism. We reached out Aaron when feeling…

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  • Hope | minisode | My Journey | Podcast

    A Global Pandemic & Podcast Season TWO.

    Byichoosegrit September 8, 2020June 17, 2024

    Despite our lives being completely. INSANE, Summer 2020 was an oddly sacred time to me in the midst of all the chaos. One of the greatest blessings? Prepping & recording a whole slew of podcast episodes to share with every…

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