I might have breast cancer. I have known this since June 12th. Today is August 18th. Two months with this to ponder. Two months of waiting and back-and-forth. Two months of repeat tests and a litany of medical bills paying the facility, the machines used, the radiologists. I can remember the original phone call from […]
In May of this year, I decided to mark something off of my bucket list. Go birding. Like REAL birding. Not the lazy, fill your feeders, sit by the window with your morning cup of coffee kind of birding. Official birding. Like the kind that Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and Jack Black do in the
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Day 1: I was up at 2:30 excited to jump out of bed. I also had a lot to do to get Kael and I ready to leave by 4:15 and still have my wits about me. I’m the type of person who (if I have too much to do) can get overwhelmed and my
Several years ago, I was dropping my son off with our childcare provider. At the time, Kael was about 3-years-old and we had been blessed to find her loving home as a place for him to stay while both his father and I worked full-time jobs. There were other children there, and a mom
I never thought I’d get divorced. I know most people say that. When we get married, we say it’s “forever.” We feel like it’s “forever.” We promise that it’s “forever” in front of God, in front of our families and friends and in front of the one we speak our vows to. “Til
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When I was a little girl I remember wishing upon a star out of the window of my childhood bedroom. At the time, I thought I wanted to be famous. I even have a book that I wrote in 5th grade on the same topic. In that book, Candace Cameron quit her job on “Full
