life
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A Huge Checkmark
Ever since my cancer decided to spread so terribly earlier this year, the fact that I have many new tumors in my brain (which had actually been tumor free) was weighing on me. For good reason, we were all concerned… Continue reading
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A Wonderful First Week of Summer
When I woke up on Monday morning, I cannot tell you the emazing relief and peace that I felt knowing that I had the summer to recharge and rejuvenate. Teaching was a gift, but so is this break, and I… Continue reading
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School’s Out & Goodbye May!
How can one month feel so very long, and then also disappear??? I know so many people have taken to calling the month of May, “Maycember,” because it battles with December for the amount of activities and other things happening… Continue reading
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Miscellaneous May Adventures
May is so busy. All of the school things for me, activities for Arthur, anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, concerts, and treatments and doctor’s appointments. It is a tornado of things. So many of them are really good things, however, like… Continue reading
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Celebrating 25 Amazing & Adventurous Years
Twenty five years! What an amazing blessing and gift it has been to be married to Kevin this past quarter of a century, and I cannot even express how grateful I have to have him as my partner for eternity.… Continue reading
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How I’m Doing . . .
I just finished up my 3rd round of insusions with my new chemotherapy, Enhertu. (The pill version was so new, that insurance would only approve the ifusion version. It’s fine. The symptoms are very similar to my old chemo treatments,… Continue reading
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April Adventures
April has been jam packed with all the things, but in the middle of it all, I have still had my treatments and appointments and such. My latest chemo just happened to fall on the Friday that Kevin was in… Continue reading
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Getting Our Lily Home
I am not quite sure how it happened, but our sweet baby girl grew up and finished college. What?! Wow! Technically, because she wasn’t able to get an internship (wow, they are hard to get), she is taking an online… Continue reading
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A Lovely & Inspiring Easter Celebration
Easter is one of my favorite holidays and times of the year. Not only does it take place in spring, a time of renewal and rebirth, but it is totally focused on the mission and atonement of Jesus Christ. This… Continue reading
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More March Adventures
The struggle with my emotions lately is very real. Frustration, anxiety, sorrow, all laced with gratitude and hope. Because of that, I have been leaning even harder into my faith and finding reminders that the Lord has me and is… Continue reading
