Posted December 8, 2016
I have never been this behind for Christmas. Actually, I’m not just behind, I have barely begun. I have been sick, and while it is not terminal, it was 14 weeks in length. I am addicted to college football (I may need to go to meetings). Last week, we had football in… Read More »
Categories: This and That, Wyo Sal
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
