When Strength Was Gone, Faith Remained: "He Carried Me Through the Sand" by Catrina Sullivan

Some stories are not about how strong we are —
 but about who carried us when we had no strength left.

When we first met Catrina Sullivan, she carried herself with strength —
and with walls.
Walls built over years of heartache.
Of people letting her down.
Of being taken advantage of.
Of learning the hard way that survival sometimes means staying guarded.

Her life has been shaped by battles most people never see —
 childhood trauma, silence in the military, abuse, loss, motherhood carried alone.
 And then, at thirty-nine, a diagnosis that stopped everything —
 Stage Two HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.

But as our team circled the wagons around her, something shifted.
Catrina realized the love being offered wasn’t conditional or performative — it was real.
Safe.
Given freely, without expectation.

And still — this is not just a cancer story.

This is a testimony of faith forged in fire.
 Of a woman who kept walking, not because the road was easy,
 but because God never let her walk alone.

In He Carried Me Through the Sand, Catrina reflects on a life marked by struggle and resilience — and the unmistakable presence of God in every chapter. When her strength failed, His did not. When she could no longer stand, He carried her.