Oh, children. They say the darndest things, don’t they? My mother-in-law tells this great story that one of the hub’s teachers once said, “I won’t believe half the things your kid tells me happen at home if you won’t believe […]
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I was 19. We were just babies, really. But I fell hard. So hard that I can’t remember what it felt like in my heart before you inhabited it. We were so young, I sometimes wonder how we even thought […]
Today. It’s a good day. Why? Because if you are reading this, it means that you, too, like me, are alive. Some days, that’s a hard thing to remember. It’s hard to remember that because you have stress or health […]
Okay. So I hate to belabor this point but my first round of chemo was a bit of a roller coaster. I know, you’re thinking, Ash, it’s chemo, it’s not a trip to Disney World. I know. I know. But […]
Can I just tell you that my first cycle of chemo has been, to say the least, eventful? I have been neutropenic, grew a Wildebeest, drained the Wildebeest, toted around Carl for a week, and well, now I’m having some […]
I was supposed to have chemo on Friday. But because of Carl (the name I have my JP drain), it had to be delayed a week. At first, I was just jazzed about the fact that I still got to […]
Hey hey and happy Friday! I’ve got a few things to share today… 1. I am guest blogging over at the Omaha World Herald today sharing the first two weeks spanning from lump check to diagnosis. I am hopeful that […]
I told a dear friend the other day, “Cancer is a real confidence booster.” I say this, clearly in jest, but because everyone is telling me I am strong. And brave. And amazing. And beautiful. And here I am, just […]
One of my besties texted me the other day, “Do you ever have a dull day anymore?”. Nah. Apparently, dull days, overrated. It was determined on Friday. The Wildebeest had to say farewell to arms. My underarm, to be exact. […]
Today, you are getting married. Today, you are saying, “I like all of your flaws enough to take you as you are”. Today, they say, is the first day of the rest of your life. Today you say, I believe […]
