Hi my name is Ciara, I'm originally from Minnesota.
My story started out as I was a 3year old going Mayo Clinic in Rochester for health. Looking back it's sad that I was that young.
As I start going to Mayo Clinic I realize this is now my second home. It's crazy to say that I could give you a tour and not get lost!
Mayo Clinic is a big part in my story, I've constantly been going for 18 years. I've had extremely hard times but also good times to.
When I was little I had a few health problems. Some doctors I would see is an endocrinologist and an ophthalmologist. When I was young going every 3 months was hard for me however, if I didn't I would be in the place I am today. As I got older I started having more issues, resulting to seeing more doctors. At the time I didn't think much about it, but then when I was in my teens, my medical journey started to hit me, I was struggling with a situation that my parents caused, depression, anxiety, and really struggling in school. At this point in my life I knew God but I wasn't trusting in him as a lot of things weren't going the way I had planned.
Later in to my high school year, I finished got on IEP for school which I was incredibly thankful for, I started trusting in God again that things were going to work out until my sophomore year. This year hit me hard I was really struggling with my depression, I had Suicidal thought's every day, I couldn't understand why God was letting me go through this. In December one of my meds made my thoughts worse so I ended up acting on it, luckily God was talking to me and said you can't do this, it's not your time, so I listened, then after that my parents knew I really needed help. 2 weeks later I got in to PrairieCare for intensive outpatient treatment, I was so thankful that it could have not come sooner. After my depression my health started getting better until my freshman year of college, in July 2 months prior to going to college I had surgery for a while in my heart. In august of my college campus, it was optional to wear masks, I had to be careful for 6months, so I wore mine. In the spring of 2022 I was really struggling what to do for college as I was failing, there was a sermon at my church and it has changed my life for the better, at that service I took 5 minutes to reput my trust in God and my faith has grown so much. In April I applied for jobs and I prayed and prayed to get a job that I wanted to do, God made that possible for me!
Jeremiah 29:11 is a verse I prayed over constantly.
A verse that keeps me going is my confirmation Ruth 1:16
Where you go I'll go where you stay I'll stay your people will be my people and my God
your God.
I'm not going to say since this my life has been perfect as it hasn't, I still struggle with my health and other issues that just come up, however with God my life is better! There are days that are really hard however you are always going to have those days.
Something I would have you do is think of something that makes you strive for what you want & keep that in your mind all the time.
~ Ciara
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