Testimonies of Healing

I FELT LIKE I WAS STUCK IN A RUT. As a single mother of two young children, I craved more structure, direction, and financial security in my life.

It was after the Christmas holidays, and I was busy taking down decorations and storing them in the basement. On one trip down the stairs, I felt something shift in my hip, and suddenly I couldn't move one of my legs.

I used to consume huge amounts of coffee—morning, noon, and night. Whenever I tried to cut back on my consumption, I would suffer from violent headaches.

It was the blizzard of '76. I was in college, living in a small attic apartment in Buffalo, New York.

I have always loved animals and have found them to be especially receptive to spiritual healing over the years. So when a parakeet my husband and I rescued from New York City's Riverside Park began to manifest symptoms of a growth on his chest, we prayed.

During a bus tour in November 1999, I fell while carrying my luggage in a hotel. It was a hard fall and so painful that I felt it wise to go to the emergency room.

THE FIRST TIME I picked up Science and Health and read its first sentence, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings" ( p. vii ), it grabbed my attention right away.

I AM A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER and my job can be rather stressful. One morning during a lesson, my left eye seemed rather blurry.

ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE my baby was due, I had a funny feeling and thought it was time for the baby to come, so I went to the clinic. However, I was told that it was not yet time, that it was false labor.

ONE NIGHT MY RIGHT UPPER ARM became painful, and it was difficult for me to move it. Soon I felt a constant, throbbing pain in the entire arm.