by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Feb 19, 2019 | Faith, Physical Health
“Good news, it is a benign fibroadenoma…” The jovial intonation of the radiologist’s voice indicated he was happy to convey this news. I gasped at hearing the word “benign” and held my composure long enough to get off the phone....
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Feb 12, 2019 | Faith, Physical Health
Technically, breast cancer is always a possibility if you have breasts, even for men. When you look at the plethora of carcinogens and add to that any genetic predisposition, the potential of breast cancer has been a topic of public and private discourse for some...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Sep 21, 2018 | Faith
Yesterday, a nurse shared how local wildfires ravaged her neighborhood. Her neighborhood consisted of acres of crops and livestock with homes sprinkled here and there. She described the devastation she saw in every direction from her property. All of her neighbors...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Aug 12, 2018 | Faith, Motherhood
My water broke at 34 weeks of gestation on August 11, 2005. I was driven to the hospital by my neighbor’s husband because Jason had just left for field training the day before. Isabel was born by c-section at 1408 hrs weighing 5 lbs. 8 oz. She came out in...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Aug 1, 2018 | Faith
“If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance of the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” ~Esther 4:14 This weekend’s sermon featured...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Dec 23, 2017 | Faith
Every Christmas I love watching James Stewart and Donna Reed play Mr. & Mrs. Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life. The happy ending elicits the same sentimentality that I honestly can’t help. There is always something that sticks out to me when I watch it....
