“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…” and he exited the room, went down the stairs, and […]
“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…” and he exited the room, went down the stairs, and […]
You’re halfway there… … He just turned nine. It’s this weird place. Maybe it’s only weird because it’s our first time here? Maybe it’s weird because I know I no longer have one single human under my care who qualifies […]
{this is stop 2 on this Brehm Family Road Trip. To read the first post in this series and find out more about our family travels, click here to go to stop 1} When we planned to stop in Memphis […]
I talked a bit about our itinerary for our Spring Break 2018 family adventures in a recent post. As the hubs and I decided where are primary destination would be {Orange Beach, AL}, we then determined what our stops would […]
We are headed on a road trip! Spring break is just around the corner and the Brehm bus is movin’ on down the road to tackle more of our “50 states” goal. What’s our 50-state goal? To visit and experience […]
I’ve heard it all lately… “…so they did a biopsy. And it’s metasticized.” “…I had my mammogram. It’s back.” “…there was a new mass. In the other breast.” “…the results are in from chemo. I had no response.” Too many […]
This is Daisy. When I was going through treatment, the Buffett Cancer Center was being built on the UNMC campus as part of Nebraska Medicine. During a tour of the new center, I got to meet this little bit of […]
You are special today. YOU are special today. You ARE special today. You are special, today. Yes. Today, you are special. … Two years ago today I was in-patient and in surgery. I was having my breasts removed from my […]
Last year, on February 13th, I jumped out of a plane. Yes. I went skydiving. I was on the cusp of age 35. I was on the cusp of being free from cancer’s grip for a year. I was high […]
Gosh. When I get on Pinterest… or Facebook… or Instagram, I can feel overwhelmed by the amount of together that some people seem to have their shit. Just this last week, I did a tour of the floor post-morning-school-chaos and […]