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Hard Things & Good Things
Although I try to stay positive, and am so incredibly blessed, there are many hard things we are wading through right now. It is a struggle, and especially during treatment when my already limited physical capacity is diminished even more,… Continue reading
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A Wonderful Weekend with the Drapers
Kevin and Rob have been best friends since they met while serving missions in Germany a long time ago (think 1998), and when Rob married the amazing Angela, we were all grateful ☺️. We love getting together, and it doesn’t… Continue reading
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Lily & Elder Brown at the YSA Conference
Hello, everyone! It’s Lily here, to tell you all about the awesome experience that Derek and I were able to have last month! We had the opportunity to go to the San Antonio YSA Conference held by our church. We… Continue reading
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An Inspiring Beginning of October
The first weekend in October is always a special time for us, as we take an entire weekend and gather as a family to watch two days of inspiring and Christ centered messages from our prophet, apostles, and the leadership… Continue reading
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Back Home & Another Special Visitor
I am not sure how I got so amazingly lucky in my sister-in-law Susan, but wow, my little brother, Matthew, sure won the jackpot when he convinced her to marry him 22 years ago. And over the past few days,… Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Girls’ Trip – Part 2
We stayed two nights at the sweetest Airbnb in Bird in Hand, across the street from a beautiful farm and in the heart of Amish country in Lancaster County. When we had arrived the night before, it was so dark… Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Girls’ Trip – Part 1
Many, many months ago – long before I was in the midst of this crazy health adventure, my dear friend, Raina, reached out to me to see if I would be able to to not only join a group of… Continue reading
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Extra Blessings
I know, I know, that ever since my diagnosis I have been talking about all the blessings we have been blessed with as we see the hand of the Lord in our story. But when they are so apparent, I… Continue reading
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An Amazing Visit
One of the things that has blown me away as I have been going through all of these cancer and health adventures, have been the amount of people who are willing to drop everything and come out and spend time… Continue reading
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Chemo Adventures & Blessings
Just the word “chemotherapy” strikes fear and anxiety into people’s hearts, and we were no different. We had even had a one hour “chemo education” appointment with our oncologist, where the LPN spent an hour telling us all of the… Continue reading
