There are these big days in our lives. Like, most days… most days, if we’re fortunate… are pretty normal. Pretty standard. Pretty uneventful, really. And then. Then there are these days. The day we get our driver’s license. The day […]
Hello there, lovelies. Hop on over to the Omaha World Herald’s LiveWell section today to find a few words penned by me. Let’s be real. It’s never just a few words with me, is it? I mean… I’m pretty sure their […]
I can see now, why they call it a journey. Initially, I was irritated by the word. I felt like it sounded like I was some Real World/Road Rules participant — the kind who used words like journey and experience to […]
I reached out my hand. And I noted how much gunk had amassed on the doorknob to the laundry room door. Just another sign of tiny hands that have taken over every inch of our world. Every speck of our […]
Hey hey! New year, new blog feature. I gotta keep it fresh around here, you know? I can’t just blah blah motherhood… blah blah cancer… and expect you to keep comin’ around. So, a few new things in the hopper […]
Oh, I can’t wait to come back to this in a year and read my words from this time. I once went back and read my blog all the way from the beginning and thought, “yep. I’m crazy. Certifiable. Maybe […]
I’ve had a bit of a day. I know, I know… I’m allowed. I have cancer. Heck. We’re all allowed. We have life, right? I have been feeling even keel. Cool as a cuke. Positive. Happy. Content. Downright joyful. I […]
It happened to me. I sat in church today. And it happened. And when it happened, tears began streaming down my face. I put my head down. And the tears fell. I felt one part shocked. One part crazy. One […]
It’s a new year. 2016. When did that happen? Wasn’t it just 1986 and I was wearing three pairs of neon scrunchie socks and hyper-color shirts? Last year, I decided to start a new tradition. I decided that with each […]
Today, is Crashli day. Mondays post-chemo are my days where I am totally crashed out and so, of course, I’ve alter ego’d myself to be named Crashli for the Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday — at least — are the days […]
