“Mommy! I need to go poop!” “Okay! Hey B… could you take him to the bathroom? It’s over by the Optical area. That way I can let Jo shop in the Bullseye area.” {mommy happily peruses “bargain” items and explains […]
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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 spoke in front of hundreds of people— people who […]
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, my son’s teacher and I, about Friday Folders. We […]
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 age 12 to 6, were running through the front and […]
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 the choice to trust a medication to help maintain […]
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 family. And got home in time to put the […]
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 word B U S Y a lot. But I’ve stopped […]
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 floor. The snow globe didn’t even fight it. It shattered […]
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 roommate. The one who knew I was the […]
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 barely watch TV as is. I will give up […]
