Grateful to Be Here
I woke up this morning kind of.. blah. Like, “It’s cold out. Blah.” and “It’s early. Blah.” and “Why get out of bed? What great thing is really going to happen today anyway? Blah.” Not a great way to greet the day. So, I sat down and had a talk with God about my attitude
The Amazing Re-creation
I’m heading to Columbus today for another fill. Once a week, I drive to the big city to visit Nurse Holly (or Nurse Susan, who is also awesome) for a quick little saline injection. They are continuing to fill up the expander pouch under the chest muscle of my missing breast, and it’s working! There
God Loves You.
Don’t you think some days we just need to be reminded that God loves us? I have two friends who are going through really rough times right now. Wait. Truthfully, I have way more than two friends walking roughness. It’s just that those two particular friends are at the forefront of my mind at this
Using Your ‘In’ for Kindness
Allow me to step back in time just a bit as I lead into this story on kindness. It was May 2014: After 10 years in Fargo, my husband accepted a job taking us to Ohio. We made the emotional decision to pull our children out of school and transplant them in Athens before the
My Luxurious Bath
I’m wondering what other people think of as luxurious… 1200 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets? A beach vacation to Fiji? Decadent chocolate truffles? After ten weeks of going without, last night I got to take a bath. And boy was it luxurious. Submerging in water has been a no-no since the mastectomy and follow up
Is It Hot in Here?
I’m 40 years old and I feel like I’m going through menopause. Thanks cancer. More specifically, thanks Tamoxifen. The drug that will keep me from getting breast cancer again seems to have finally infiltrated my system. I’m being melodramatic. It’s actually not that bad. There are a host of side-effects (like rashes, swelling, blistering, itchiness,
Teaching Kids About Kindness Through Reading
It’s a touch quieter than normal in our house this year. For the first time in my career as a mom, all three of my children are in elementary school. Jordan is a big kid this year; she’s in sixth grade. Charlie is in fourth grade, and little Ben is in all-day, every-day kindergarten. In
