When I was a child, I was diagnosed with leukemia. My father was a Christian Scientist; my mother was not. But when I was twelve years old and the doctors said there was nothing else they could do for me, my mother, grandparents, and I all started studying Christian Science with my father.
Many health challenges associated with this disease arose, but they were resolved one by one through our study of Christian Science. Attacks of cramps became less severe until finally, when I was about sixteen, I had one last episode. That night was a long struggle, like Jacob’s (see Genesis 32:24–30). My parents did everything they could to make me comfortable, but most importantly, they read to me from the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. This gave us comfort and assurance, and we all prayed. One thing I remember them reading was this from the textbook: “There is no pain in Truth, and no truth in pain” (p. 113).
Finally I fell asleep, and when I woke in the morning, I felt refreshed—as if I had woken up from a bad dream. I never again experienced cramps or any other symptoms of the disease. I was completely healed.
