Last week was the first time I’d left the state. Last night was the first time I’d left my babies to go somewhere on a plane. In fact, it was my first time on a plane, too. It will be […]
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Reading is a thing at our house. I think it probably is at most homes. When your kids are tiny, you wind down the evening with board books. Right now, our Littlest selects two an evening from his bookshelf. The […]
I say it over and over and will never stop. It was the best birth I had. The one where we welcomed our second boy into the fold. I was told that morning after a 36 week amnio that due […]
“So I have a question. People keep asking me, ‘so are you in remission? Are you cancer free?’ I know I’m done with my main treatments. I’m a survivor right? But I don’t know the lingo. The proper terms. Am […]
You know how I’ve talked about the “goodness” thing? The whole — more goodness than I ever knew existed before — that I’ve gotten to see in action since being diagnosed in September. Well, one part of that goodness is […]
I’m currently shoveling in a baked potato. Like, the loaded kind. You know… the sour cream, the chives {oh! the chives}, the shredded cheese, the smoked bacon. And this one has a salted “peel”. It’s exceptional. I had the husband […]
Happy National Cancer Survivors Day! Yesterday, I spent the day being reminded of the sunshine that I have received after the rain. The gifts that come with being dealt the deck that carries the cancer card. Adam and I […]
Nine months. The time of a pregnancy. The time of a school year. The time, for me, from diagnosis to the end of my third stage of treatment for breast cancer. Chemotherapy. Double Mastectomy. Radiation. Check. Check. Check. And part […]
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Posted On June 2, 2016
I’m a few days behind… Which I laughed about with my friend, Leslie, today. Because she runs this big, huge, legit website that makes moolah. You might know it because I talk about it ad nauseum, because I believe in […]
Sometimes God nudges us to take a detour. Sometimes, we’re pushed right into one. I stopped today. I had been in a rush. After a quick down and back to Lincoln. I was in a rush. A rush to get […]
