Blow Away the Dark Clouds
with Jan Dravecky
Long term illness has more than one victim. Naturally, the priority of energy and time must be the person who is ill. But what about the rest of the family, especially the spouse who walks beside the sick loved one? In this podcast, Jan Dravecky speaks candidly to Sharon Betters about how her husband Dave’s loss of his arm to cancer plunged her into a deep depression. Dave was a pitcher for the Giants when he received the diagnosis of cancer. Their journey captured the attention of the world when against all odds, Dave came back to the pitcher’s mound and then gasped in horror when his arm snapped while pitching. Cancer had returned. Living with cancer is painful, but even more painful on a world stage. Jan’s body, heart, and soul finally cried, “Enough” and Jan found herself on a long, hard journey to find her way out of deep depression. Jan and Dave share their journey through books, speaking, and established an outreach to hurting people called Endurance. Learn more about their ministry at Endurance.org.
Listen to MARKINC.org’s interview with Jan’s husband Dave Dravecky:
Biography of Jan Dravecky
Jan Dravecky is the wife of former San Francisco Giants baseball pitcher, Dave Dravecky. Together, Jan and Dave founded the Endurance ministry, created specifically to encourage those who are facing serious illness, loss or depression.
