A year ago. One year ago this week, I got to be a part of the Nebraska Medicine Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center grand opening festivities. During the week, …
A year ago. One year ago this week, I got to be a part of the Nebraska Medicine Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center grand opening festivities. During the week, …
I just started crying. Golly darn it. It wasn’t the time. Or the place. But of course my emotions didn’t seem to care about any of that. We’d just been chatting, …
It was a gorgeous night for sitting a spell around the fire pit. The adults were all sitting around chatting, enjoying a beverage. The kids, seven of them ranging from …
In September of 2015, I did something I'd never done. I started taking an anti-anxiety medication. And I will never ever regret that choice. I wrote about it when I made …
It had been a really nice day. I slept in. We did church. Brunch. The kids each gave me cards and gifts and snuggles and gratitude. We spent time outside, with …
This week has been FULL. It’s a week that, in my past life... post-kids and pre-cancer... would have left me frazzled. It’s a week where I would have used the …
It shattered. ALL OVER THE FLOOR. He held it up so happily, “wook at dis, mom!” The little pieces of glitter shifted about in flight. From his hands to the …
She was my first friend. She pretended I was her baby. Rocking me. Attempting to feed me (chewed up carrots...). And loving on me like a mother hen. She was my first …
There are a lot of things I will give up in this life. I will give up cable. I will have streaming channels instead because cable is ridiculously expensive and we …
“Can I go grab your gift now?” And in that moment, I sat, his card to me in hand, and thought, crap I don’t even have your gift yet. “Sure…” …