Episode 29: THE SULLIVAN'S STORY PART 1: Experiencing incredible community and love through grief and tragedy with Jenny Sullivan
We are so excited to be starting a mini-series here on The Stories Collective! Over the next three weeks we will be covering the story of The Sullivan family. Our host Sarah Schalow first met The Sullivans back in March of 2022 shortly after this podcast first launched. After that meeting, we knew we had to share their story.
The Sullivan's story starts off with Jenny Wims in Texas. In May of 2000 Jenny married her college sweetheart Brad. They had been married for six years and had one child with another on the way when Brad began testing for some pain he was experiencing in his knee. What was thought to be an old softball injury turned out to be a rare form of cancer. The next two years would be filled with doctor visits, multiple surgeries, treatment plans, traveling across the world for medical care and more. A major part of this story is how Jenny and Brad's church came around them and helped with meals, childcare, cleaning, encouragement - they showed up in incredible ways. Shortly after Brad's diagnosis Jenny began blogging their journey as a family to help keep friends and family updated (we've linked that below). The blog gained a following and people from all over the U.S. and the world were praying for the Wims family.
Jenny continued to blog and eventually heard of another family with a blog that was stationed with the Air Force in Japan going through a very similar journey with cancer. But you'll have to join us for Part 2 to hear that part of the story...
Join us on Wednesday, September 21st for Part 2! Would you please subscribe and leave us a review? This will help our podcast reach more people! We’d love it if you’d share this podcast with your friends on social media and beyond.
Check out Jenny's blog - http://thewims.blogspot.com
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