My guest for Happy Hour #113 is Sarah Rodriguez. Sarah is an author, speaker, blogger at www.journeyofsarah.com and also the Huffington Post. She is the creator of the Choose Joy Project, a random-acts of kindness initiative to honor the life of her late husband Joel. Her life's greatest role is that of Mommy to Milo and Ellis. Sarah is a one time NYC transplant who now makes her home in Oklahoma, where the best sunsets on earth are found.
On today's show, Sarah shares her personal story of struggling with infertility, only to be followed by her husband's cancer diagnosis. She shares the painstaking three year journey of his diagnosis, treatment, cancer return and finally his passing. The details of Sarah's story are heartbreaking, but I think it's her perspective and response that will leave you feeling speechless and inspired. She describes how her suffering afforded her a relationship with God that she wouldn't have had otherwise, quoting Job 42.5 “I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you.”
You're going to need your tissues for this one. And to learn a lot more about Sarah's story, you can grab her book From Depths We Rise here.
{You can listen to the show HERE. And of course, I would love if you would share with your friends. Just use the FB & Twitter links at the end of this post!}
Links from the Show
Sarah's Book: From Depths We Rise
A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken + Wild Things by Stephen James & David Thomas
What Sarah is loving: Fall (sweaters, the State Fair and college football), Fitness Blender and Iced Chai Tea
Connect with Sarah
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Jamie & Sarah, this was something I needed to hear today. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for your honesty and vulnerability. We all have different journeys, we all have different challenges, heartbreaks and sufferings. It was the perfect reminder for me for where I am at in life. Thank you.
Love her! Thank you for airing!
Loved hearing the faith and hope showed through Sarah’s story! Jamie and Sarah, you both are an inspiration! Thank you.
I was excited that someone finally loved Fitness Blender! I’ve been using their workouts for a while and I always thought ‘if I was on the Happy Hour I’d say Fitness Blender for one of the three things I’m loving.’ ….Thanks for the wonderful episode of hope and faith.
This was one of my most favorite episodes. So hard to listen to all the pain and trials this family went though, but I loved how she gave God glory over it all, and trusted Him. I really appreciated her sharing her story. And I LOVE Fitness Blender, and do their workouts all the time.
Amazing story; I loved this episode.