The Inspiration Behind Choose Joy!

This beautiful soul is my sister Sara 'Gitz' Frankl. Her compelling story is told in the book Choose Joy: Finding Hope and Purpose When Life Hurts.

Imagine…being 22 years old, and having a car accident that flips your life and your future upside down.
Imagine…being in pain for 10 years from the accident with no answers as to why.

Imagine…learning after 10 years that you have a disease called Ankylosing Spondylitis, a disease that painfully fuses your joints together and makes your body immobile.

Imagine… being allergic to the medications that could help the pain and the progression of the disease, as you lose your gifts and talents one by one.

Imagine…your autoimmune system being so compromised that you can’t fight off infections, and illnesses and eventually become allergic to the air outside, leaving you confined to your home.

Imagine…the disease accelerating so rapidly that you are no longer able to work, you can’t walk without a walker and you can’t talk without wincing in pain.

Imagine...having your faith radically and dramatically changed in the midst of this nightmare.

Imagine... Instead of wallowing in self-pity, you decide to write a blog about your journey and the powerful ways God is at work in the midst of it, and that blog gets 2.5M hits, touching the lives of others as you teach them that no matter what, you can truly Choose Joy!

Imagine...God taking you home and saying well-done, good and faithful servant, at the tender age of 38.

Imagine... Leaving a legacy for years to come as you help people realize that the most important word in Choose Joy is not the word joy but the word CHOOSE!

Join the adventure of continuing Sara's legacy and spreading God's message of CHOOSE JOY!

Anything truly is possible with Him.

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