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Where do you turn in a crisis? Imagine losing your child, your husband, and your financial security all in a matter of months while the entire country watches, waiting for you to break. What do you do?
In this week’s episode of Heart of the Matter, we step directly into the eye of the historical hurricane that was the 1860 presidential election. Together, we uncover the forgotten, unshakeable resilience of Adele Cutts Douglas. As the wife of a powerful sitting U.S. Senator, Adele lived a life of glittering Washington glamour. But history often hides the bruises. Long before her husband’s sudden death left her buried under massive campaign debts, Adele was quietly fighting severe health struggles of her own.
Yet, she flatly refused public charity, rolled up her sleeves, and carried herself with an unshakeable dignity.
Standing on my own unexpected battlefield this week with a lymphoma diagnosis, Adele’s story hits closer to home than ever. These resilient women of history aren’t just characters in a book to me anymore—they are sisters in the struggle.
Join me for a deeply personal, raw, and honest chat about what it looks like to find your anchor when the ground beneath you shakes. We cannot always control the storms that hit our lives, but we can control how we stand inside them. It’s time to stop waiting for the skies to clear, rely on your faith in the crisis.
Click the player above to listen to the full episode and discover how to find your strength right where you are standing.
