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Today, I was able to put on my wedding rings and wear them comfortably all day. Today, I was able to walk through the grocery store to buy herbal tea. Today, I was able to sing my children their good night songs. These are a few of the small victories I’ve been blessed to experience since my operation to remove …
That seems to be the theme of this year… Humble. Humility is the act of being grateful for the smallest blessings, even when there seems to be many more trials. Humility is learning to trust that no matter what the “plans” were, there is a greater plan that will lead to a better end. It is humbling to watch children …
I found out I have Thyroid Cancer. The doctor used another word too, when telling me my diagnosis, but I was still concentrating on the word cancer. Cancer is a terrifying word. This cancer, living in my throat, is a rather gentle cancer. It has a very high survival rate – nearly 100 percent. It’s treatment regimen includes surgery and …
There’s been a lot of awareness-raising about women’s health issues recently. There’s one, though, that is hard to recognize, but it’s very common. It steals time, enjoyment, energy, and health from those who suffer from it – yet its causes are not well known. Women are five to eight times more likely to have this disease than men. What is this …
I’m going to oversimplify some of the problems facing this world. And I’m going to sound a little “out there”, but as I’ve been watching events transpire throughout the world, one thing has resounded in my mind. The answer is love. The answer to all these problems – from mass shootings, to terror attacks, to brutality in the streets – …
This year to go along with my New Year’s resolutions, I decided to do backwards New Year’s Resolutions. What is a backward New Year’s Resolution? A backward New Year’s Resolution involves reflecting on the past year and looking for what is working, what went well, and what was helping the family. Then, it involves resolving to keep those behaviors as …
Love, I think, is the most sought after emotion by all humans. We crave feeling loved. Many bad relationships happen because people aren’t receiving enough love and go seeking it from any source they can find. Love has the power to change lives, and the absence of love has the power to devastate lives. It is so important that love is spoken here in our homes.
There are some days that just don’t go right. The kids are grumpy; the mom is tired; the house smells funny; whatever it is, the day just doesn’t go right. Days like that happen to everyone. These days are some of the longest days of my life. The other day, while my husband was counting down the hours until he …
Last year, around this time our furnace needed to be turned off. We had a natural gas leak because of improper installation and a lack of air circulation. It was a mixture ripe to cause carbon monoxide poisoning. We were fortunate that we have a fireplace to heat our home with. And, thanks to some good friends, we had gone two …
We’ve all seen the video uploads that go out of the way to poke fun at another person’s distress, emotional or physical. We’ve also seen that these videos get millions of views. More often than not, these videos leave me asking, “What’s so funny?” Why are we laughing at the pain of others? We live in an amazing time. The …
