Pretty much from the time I started menstruating, I suffered from terrible monthly cramps. They were so debilitating, I’d have to spend a day or two each month in bed, in pain and trying to just get through it, but also praying in order to find healing.

Over the years, I was healed of individual episodes through prayer as taught in Christian Science. One time, as I was reading the weekly Bible Lesson found in the Christian Science Quarterly, I thought to myself, “This is a healing Lesson, and I’m going to be free of this pain by the time I’m done reading it!” And that is exactly what happened.

Another time, while I was living with one of my sisters, the cramps were so bad one night that I felt myself losing consciousness. I called out to my sister to phone a Christian Science practitioner for metaphysical treatment. She did so and then held the phone to my ear. I don’t recall the practitioner’s brief remarks, but I will never forget the feeling I had after we hung up. I was in awe. It was as if the pain just let go; I experienced immediate relief and then fell asleep.