Coconut Bikini Under My Skin
Five Days After my Double Mastectomy... It’s Monday morning, the fifth day post-op. And I guess it’s time I give you a little update. I have done nothing but eat, sleep, read, watch shows, be pampered by friends and family, and take pain meds on schedule. (He makes me...
Though I Walk Through the Valley…
This post is the transcript of a short speech I delivered this morning at a women's bible study at our church. The 7-week study started right before my cancer diagnosis and ended the day before my double mastectomy. It played a large part in fueling my peaceful...
I Have Breast Cancer ?!?!
Three weeks has gone by in the blink of an eye. I know that’s a trite phrase - the blink of an eye, but working nights, I’m in a constant zombie state anyway, never quite catching up on sleep, despite the comfy sleep chamber I’ve created in my closet. So there is a...
Some Bad News, But Mostly Some Very Good News!
Friends, I have some news. Some bad and some good. Most of it very good! You will think I’m strange in a second for saying that it’s mostly very good, but to me it is. The bad news is I have breast cancer and will undergo a bilateral mastectomy in a few months… But...
Tom Shrader Touched my Life and Taught Me to Believe
I learned of the death of Tom Shrader in the middle of Chemistry class yesterday. (Yes, I must have taken a peek at facebook on my phone during class. Tsk Tsk.) Tom was a wonderful pastor and teacher to so many, a father to two amazing women whom I have called...
Flying Inspiration: Southwest Airlines Pilot Retires but Plans to Continue Rocking for Many Years to Come
The stage was set in front of the enormous windows at the end of what is normally just a hallway full of people rushing to their flights. But on November 7, the day after the midterm election and a few days before Veteran’s Day, hundreds of people - including many...
5 Things I Didn’t Expect About Starting Nursing School at 44 Years Old
The past few weeks have blown through like a tornado. While the life of a college student - who's also a middle-aged wife and mom with a mortgage - is not necessarily any busier than my previous life as a Realtor, Mom and Would-Be Writer, having this new role of...
New Beginnings & La Rentrée
September has always been my favorite month: a month of new beginnings, back to school (even though the kids go back to school in early August here in Arizona), summer turning into fall, the weather cooling down (ever so slightly), and…my birthday! It’s like a second...
This is It!
I've wanted to be a professional blogger for about as long as blogs have existed, or at least since I first heard they existed... I've started a few blogs over the years, on both free platforms and hosted Wordpress sites... I have created and managed blogs for...