Posted November 8, 2019
As I get ready to talk about the extremely tough topic of faith and fear tomorrow (Nov 9) in Buffalo Wyoming, I found myself looking at quotes I created for a talk with the same title earlier this year. Until today I have kept these quotes available only to those… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted July 23, 2019
Earlier today I shared this post on my social media accounts. The text that accompanied it read… Of course I struggle. I struggle to make time to pray every day. I struggle with setting work aside when I’m home and focusing on my kids, and putting my kids aside and… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted August 21, 2018
I feel like there have been a ton of emotional and slightly angsty posts lately…though as I looked back at the past few months of posts it has really only been two. So I guess it has just been in my head that I’m feeling deeply contemplative…should I be worried?… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted September 26, 2016
I am a runner (I run therefore I am a runner), and today I hit the dirt road for the first time since my last surgery. You know what? It never gets easier…never… I envy those of you that talk about how running gets easier for you, that the distances… Read More »
Categories: Health and Wellness, This and That
Posted September 21, 2016
Yeah…I know that’s a lot of weeks together, but I felt like I needed to combine these last three weeks of my exchange surgery. There hasn’t been much going on other than just sitting and waiting for the 6-week mark. If you recall, I had a bit of a set… Read More »
Categories: Exchange Surgery, Preventive Mastectomy
Posted September 8, 2016
Self-loathing is far too strong; annoyed too weak. That’s the way it’s been with me lately, too strong or too weak. When an always happy, always sunny, always glass half-full kind of girl suffers several blows in a short period of time — and then reflects that they were nearly… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted June 15, 2016
Note: I decided to include real pictures of my body in this post because I know that it will help to prepare other women as they begin this journey, as well as help educate family members and friends. I hope that you my readers, will be respectful of that choice, and if… Read More »
Categories: Mastectomy Surgery, Preventive Mastectomy
Posted April 29, 2016
Today is the day, it is my Preventive Mastectomy surgery day. The day that’s been written on my heart for over three months. April 29, 2016 This week has been hard. It’s been full of tears, deep breaths, extra snuggles and kisses, phone calls and To-Do lists. On Tuesday I… Read More »
Categories: Mastectomy Surgery, Preventive Mastectomy
