I realize I am a bit late with this series since some time has passed since the ball dropped and the fireworks have been shot off. In Hawaii, where we have spent the last two weeks, New Year’s Eve is a significant occasional which can only sufficiently be celebrated with an arsenal of fireworks. Or […]
Day 31: Help Write Her Story
Before I really get started on this post I need to preface it by saying that you should have a good understanding of how your Pink Warrior friend views her story. Just because I have been so open about my journey sometimes I have to remind myself that this whole thing is a truly sensitive […]
Day 28: Make Her Laugh
I love to laugh. I don’t remember laughing a lot during my diagnosis and treatment, but I would have definitely appreciated a break from all that was happening to me to have a really good laugh. A few LOL suggestions for the Pink Warrior in your life: Take a really funny comedy and have a movie […]
Day 27: Take Care Of Her Caregiver
I have mentioned a few times before here, here, here and here (oh and here) the way my husband took such amazing care of me during every phase of my diagnosis and treatment. From that grievous first meeting with Dr. Tafra and Nurse Amy when he asked all the right questions that I was too shocked to even […]
Day 4: Keep Life Normal For Her Kids
It was my wise husband who adamantly said it. Because I trust that he pretty much always knows best and he had authority on the subject, we decided to keep life as normal as possible for our kids during my 10 month journey through diagnosis and treatment. At the age of nine, Blake lived through […]
The View From This 37 Year Old Lens
This week we celebrated my birthday. I must say the view from this 37 year old lens is pretty great…. Three years ago I was facing my 34th birthday with a cancer diagnosis looming around me. The lens was a little foggy and the view was quite blurry (mostly from the Oxycodone) but it was […]
Honoring Home
One of the many things I have learned from my breast cancer journey is to slow and take the time to honor where I been. For me it is all about remembering and with remembrance comes great gratitude to see how The Lord has and always does provide. In some ways it seems silly to […]
Life As Usual, Just More Precious
Your prayers have been felt! The last few days have been so incredible for me. It all began on Thursday evening when I was able to go on a pretty lengthy walk with one of my best girlfriends through our neighborhood. Then in the wee hours of the morning I was able to […]
Friends and Traditions
There are two things I love in life and therefore, pour a lot of my energy into: traditions and friends. I believe traditions allow for beautiful memories to be made for us and for our kids. And most of my closest friends I have, I have had for at least 15 years. However, there is […]
The Best Birthday Yet
This is my first journal entry since being on medication so please bear with me! Birthdays have always been a big deal to me. I believe we should all have that one day a year that we feel celebrated. I try extremely hard to remember the birthdays of those I love and often find myself […]
Learning to Let Go
When baby #2 comes along, people tell you how different he/she will be from your firstborn. I thought I understood that concept, but then we found ourselves expecting certain things to be true that just weren’t. We expected our baby girl would sleep through the night at 2 months cause after all her sleep champ of […]
Man Down
One thing that I have grown to love even more over the last few weeks is the way our 3 1/2 year old son loves to imitate his daddy. We have a saying in our house when someone trips and falls (which is usually our little girl), we say, “Man Down”. It has gotten to […]
The Wind in my Sails
Over the last several weeks at Bay Area Community Church, we have been hearing sermons about marriage, and this was all to lead up to a marriage conference called the Art of Marriage this weekend. Blake and I had been talking about going but were having some difficulty finding childcare. Between hearing last week’s news […]