Posted December 6, 2016
Note: I decided to include real pictures of my body during my preventive mastectomy 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… Read More »
Categories: Fat Grafting Surgery, Preventive Mastectomy
Posted November 18, 2016
Times flies when you’re recovering from surgery! It’s already time for surgery three, and hopefully my last reconstruction surgery for a decade (implants generally need to be replaced every 10-15 years). For those that are new to the site take a second to read about my choice to have a preventive mastectomy… Read More »
Categories: Fat Grafting Surgery, Preventive Mastectomy
Posted November 14, 2016
This week’s Prairie Wife offers all of us a great opportunity to learn more about a disease that we hear about all the time, Cystic Fibrosis. If you’re like me you only have a vague notion about what it entails, and what life would be like if you have Cystic… Read More »
Categories: Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted October 28, 2016
I first met this week’s Prairie Wife of the Week 7 years ago when our sons attended the same preschool. I was immediately drawn to her vibrant personality, intelligence, and tell-it like-it-is attitude. We spent most of our time together being those obnoxious women who are always laughing too loud.… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Wife of the Week
Posted October 25, 2016
This last week has been one that has knocked me to my knees. A good friend, someone who I don’t see as often as I like but enough to keep our relationship real…she lost her mother. Her mother was ill, yet her death was sudden and unexpected. When I read… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Life
Posted October 13, 2016
So the week has been interesting. Terrific, painful, excruciating and interesting. What I realized, for not even close to the first time, was that when things get totally out of whack, the best solution has always been and always will be simply this — call your mother. My mother has… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
Posted October 3, 2016
When have I felt #StrongEnough? Oh man, this question. The emotions it evokes and the images it places in my head are diverse. I find it interesting the answer would be vastly different if asked at different times in my life. For me, now…at this place in my life…strength has… Read More »
Categories: This and That
Posted September 30, 2016
Mommy Wars…It’s a term that’s been popping up in the media more and more frequently in the last few years. They have always existed, just take a second to watch this hilarious video from the ladies of The Break Womb… Lately, it seems like Mommy Wars have escalated. I think we… Read More »
Categories: 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 23, 2016
With the start of the school year and Halloween soon upon us we’ve all been hearing about how we can keep children with food allergies safe. I’ve never had a problem with sending the Cowkids to school with peanut free food. After all, I would want someone to do the… Read More »
Categories: Life As It Happens, Prairie Wife of the Week
