CHRISTIE MICHAUD BLOG

We've all had times when we would get pumped up about something, feel so strong, and are ready to take on the world. And for a while we're in the zone, making a difference. But then, a wall suddenly creeps in, sometimes slowly, sometimes abruptly. No matter what, there is a guarantee that a wall will come. Then what do you? Five days after surgery, that wall slowly approached. It was like a gas light showing up on a dashboard signaling "almost empty" and I swear there must

This is my rainbow. On August 6th, I walked out into the Waffle House parking lot and my middle son pointed out a rainbow that a friend would later describe as “angel’s wings”. Hours earlier, a neighbor texted a beautiful prism during sunrise, and by evening time, social media displayed an assortment of rainbows from morning to night. Rainbows. Not only God’s beautiful creation but God’s beautiful promise. ( Genesis 6:9-9:17 ) Genesis 9:13 I have set my bow in the cloud, and

Today marks: 23 days since I heard the life-changing words, "You have Breast Cancer." 23 days since I saw multiple rainbows and the coolest rainbow I’d ever seen (I know there is no coincidence here). 38 days since I received maybe even for the first time a peace, completely unadulterated from man's attempts to acquire. This peace was so profound because it came after months of no peace and without a single circumstance changing. Today also marks 3 days until I step into

(thoughts from July 23, 2022) Morning time with my Lord had been put on the back burner. The past few months had been brutal and all I wanted to do was sleep in and avoid. Hide from the anxiety and fear that had become my life. I had become unwell (mentally, emotionally, and little did I know at the time physically). Begrudgingly, I got up because a final class assignment deadline loomed. I grabbed my phone to head out to the coffee shop so I could focus and saw on the screen