Wow! It’s been over a year since I visited this place. My blog site. The place where I open up and share my world with…the world. Where I explore the inner thoughts and emotions of life after cancer. It almost seems silly in some ways to say that. It has, after all, been over 5 years […]
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Slowing Down and Letting the Glue Gel
Our short time in the Maasai Mara gave us all time to relax and focus on the beauty of Kenya. We were able to spend quality time sharing stories of our family and our lives back home, getting to know each other, while creating new memories together. I have never bonded so quickly or so […]
The Journey through Kenya Begins–Hope Rises
Our first few days in-country were spent simply allowing us to get our bearings on why we were in Kenya and what we were going to be doing and seeing, as well as a little time spent in getting better acquainted with our fellow travellers. The first day we paid a quick visit to a […]
When Heaven and Earth Collide
On September 18, twenty-three years ago, my oldest son was born. He was small, beautiful, and intense. He did everything full throttle. If he needed food or changing or sleep; was cold or hot, uncomfortable or bored, he didn’t cry or moan or whimper he screamed. A loud, piercing scream for every need or desire, […]
The Balancing Act: A Mixed Bag of Emotions
The year of 2013 is almost half over…wow, how did that happen? It seems like only yesterday I was snuggled up in my Christmas hibernation thinking about the coming year…and now that year is six months gone. For the new year, I chose one word to focus on, to become closer to God through this […]
Finding Balance through Community
Life is not meant to be lived alone. Humans were designed to live in community. To live connected to others through the sharing of experiences, both pleasurable and tragic. The joining together of hearts and souls and lives through connected living of life’s moments, ordinary and extraordinary. Without community, balance in our emotional lives is […]
Tribute to a Real Lady…and A Reminder to Always Make Time
It seems that I am meant to spend my time writing this week. An article for my blog, an article for the cancer foundation newsletter, an essay for a contest, and another one for submission to a magazine…and now, I am writing to share my memories of one of the few real ladies that I […]
life in between... 