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And ’16 going on ’17
Posted On December 31, 2016

Wow. 2017. I feel like I'm in some futuristic novel writing that 2017. How did it get to be Twenty Seventeen?!  What a year 2016 has been. In 2016, I: Completed chemo. Had …

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25 things about Mama Brehm
December 28, 2016

Hey hey there!! Happy post-Christmas haze, peeps. I'm currently allowing my children to get drunk on Xbox because that is what you do after Christmas gifts are opened, right? Hope …


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So this is Christmas
December 24, 2016

It's Christmas Eve. A day when hearts are warm. When hope, is often high. When life feels full. Or, adversely, life, for some, can feel very empty. It can feel void of a …


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She means something to me
December 23, 2016

"I look to my left. I look to my right. It won't matter who I can see. She means something to me." 15 years ago, I met these girls. And I …


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Oh What Fun: Harrison’s Holly Trolley Birthday Party
December 16, 2016

It's the most wonderful time of the year, right? I mean, unless you are a third-born kid with a birthday in the Month of Jesus. Then, I think, you can …


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Last first date
December 14, 2016

We met, not the very first time... but for the last first time... at a Husker Basketball game. In the RedZone. A friend wanted me to tag along... so I …


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Will I ever feel normal again
December 12, 2016

People ask me, "when will I feel normal again?" That's a biggie.  I remember talking to my friend, April, who has two little girls. I remember asking, rock star, Anne, who seemed …


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THREE to the third power
December 9, 2016

"... and that little one... he must be a terror..." We were at dinner tonight with the boys and as we left, I had a great little talk with the people …


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Post-reconstruction post
December 3, 2016

Thursday morning, I checked into Village Pointe Aesthetics at 7:15. By 8:00, I was being knocked out and wheeled back to the OR. I was in the hands of Dr …


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On thanks
November 23, 2016

I overuse the words. The words blessed. Thankful. Grateful.  They are so common now. It feels like they've become so cliche. So expected. I looked up synonyms. The options include appreciative, pleased, contented, glorified, fortunate... But …