{"id":3372,"date":"2014-06-13T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2014-12-30T11:03:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:03:34","slug":"turning-pain-into-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html","title":{"rendered":"Turning Pain into Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them<\/a> fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
This is Ella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and after long, painful, difficult treatments (think thick, burning, weekly injections) they got it under control. Last year, she had an accident on her scooter and broke her jaw. Because of the medication she was on to keep the JRA under control, she couldn\u2019t take any painkillers (no, not even Tylenol). She went through the whole healing process feeling every bit of pain. After that, they all hoped that with everything she\u2019d been through, the worst was over.<\/p>\n

In the past few months, though, she has been plagued with a cascade of mysterious symptoms with no diagnosis. These symptoms have moved from bad to worse so quickly that in the past month she has gone from dancing in her ballet recital, <\/a>albeit with weak legs but a strong will, to getting her very own wheelchair<\/a>. Kind of the absolute worst \u201cvery own\u201d you could imagine for a 9-year-old.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

She has faced all this with grace and courage. So much grace and courage that instead of giving up, she\u2019s decided to channel her energies that can no longer go to dance and run into drawing. She wasn\u2019t exactly an artistic prodigy six months ago:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But after two months of focusing on art while her legs grew steadily weaker, with no explanation and no ideas for treatment, and often not much hope of anything changing:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Pretty amazing, huh? Totally self-taught-she\u2019s never had a single lesson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She drew a few pictures for me to feature here:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Check out the freckles! I didn\u2019t even notice she had freckles until I saw this drawing\u2026the kid\u2019s got an eye for detail!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
LOVE the arched eyebrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Oh, the Disney eyes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I\u2019m me, though, I couldn\u2019t resist pulling this picture off her blog and showing you:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pretty fantastic, huh? I don\u2019t know many 9-year-olds who would respond to suffering with art. Go check out her blog, Ella Doodles<\/a>, for more drawings! She\u2019s done some great religious sketches as well, including one of the Virgin Mary that looks uncannily like her mother, which I think is totally awesome.<\/p>\n

She does custom drawings as well! Go check it out<\/a>, and leave her a comment!<\/p>\n

And please keep her and her family in your prayers. She\u2019s been amazingly resilient and brave in the face of inexplicable suffering for a long time, and it\u2019d be nice if she could get a break from it soon.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and after long, painful, difficult treatments (think thick, burning, weekly injections) they got it under control. Last year, she had an accident on her scooter and broke her jaw. Because of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1110,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[135,74,118],"class_list":["post-3372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ella","tag-patheosi","tag-rebecca-frech"],"yoast_head":"\nTurning Pain into Beauty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turning Pain into Beauty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Barefoot and Pregnant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-06-13T17:22:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-12-30T16:03:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/files\/2014\/06\/Ella-in-pink.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Calah Alexander\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Calah Alexander\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html\",\"name\":\"Turning Pain into Beauty\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-06-13T17:22:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-12-30T16:03:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd5af11d9f73881b801bf2e07eb8757\"},\"description\":\"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Turning Pain into Beauty\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/\",\"name\":\"Barefoot and Pregnant\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd5af11d9f73881b801bf2e07eb8757\",\"name\":\"Calah Alexander\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf23055e0549e8c78beb5077e949befd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf23055e0549e8c78beb5077e949befd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Calah Alexander\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/author\/calahalexander\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Turning Pain into Beauty","description":"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Turning Pain into Beauty","og_description":"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html","og_site_name":"Barefoot and Pregnant","article_published_time":"2014-06-13T17:22:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-12-30T16:03:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/files\/2014\/06\/Ella-in-pink.jpg"}],"author":"Calah Alexander","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Calah Alexander","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html","name":"Turning Pain into Beauty","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-06-13T17:22:45+00:00","dateModified":"2014-12-30T16:03:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd5af11d9f73881b801bf2e07eb8757"},"description":"My friend Rebecca, of Shoved to Them fame, has a 9-year-old daughter named Ella. Ella was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis two years ago, and","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/2014\/06\/turning-pain-into-beauty.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Turning Pain into Beauty"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/","name":"Barefoot and Pregnant","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd5af11d9f73881b801bf2e07eb8757","name":"Calah Alexander","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf23055e0549e8c78beb5077e949befd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf23055e0549e8c78beb5077e949befd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Calah Alexander"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/author\/calahalexander"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/barefootandpregnant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}