Kim Erickson

How a Year of Sunshine Family Inspires Me

How a Year of Sunshine Family Inspires Me

By Alex Maddux It’s been a long, difficult journey for Munkh and his mother Dolgor, but you’d never know it from her thankfulness and contentment. Munkh came to Memphis for treatment for a brain tumor in 2010. When he first made the long journey, his condition was so...

How Riding on Sunshine Inspired Me

How Riding on Sunshine Inspired Me

By Joy Bullis This summer Spreading Sunshine had the unique opportunity to walk deeply with one of our Sunshine Families to help fulfill a God-sized dream. Marissa is 16 years old. Diagnosed with Freidreich’s Ataxia, Marissa and her family know their time together is...

Thank You for Helping Write this Chapter of Our Story

Thank You for Helping Write this Chapter of Our Story

By Dawn Graczyk, Sunshine Mom To those who have donated, prayed, followed, helped— It is time to express what this trip meant to me and my girls. Normally, what I want to write flows right through my fingertips onto the keyboard. One idea leads to another with great...

The Race isn’t Over Yet. Run Your Race Well.

The Race isn’t Over Yet. Run Your Race Well.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that...

How Do We Let the Light Shine Through?

How Do We Let the Light Shine Through?

By Dawn Graczyk, Sunshine Mom We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. 2 Corinthians 4:7 I am broken.  I am...