Rich Harwood was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in 1960. Doctors told his parents he had three to five years to live. He grew up in hospital beds. And when he was eight years old, alone in the dark with a fever, he made a decision that many would find hard to do. He stopped calling for his parents. Not because they failed him. Because watching them fall apart hurt him more than the illness did. That act of grace at eight years old is where this whole story begins. Listen at www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com/follow
Rich Harwood was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in 1960. Doctors told his parents he had three to fi
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