Happy Birthday my sweet Kate! I can only imagine the celebration you are having in heaven today. 14 years old. It seems just like yesterday I was holding you in my arms. My sweet Kate, your life was way too short but God had a plan and a purpose for your life. Your short life…
It’s a real thing! I am starting this post on Friday, May 17th sitting in the waiting room waiting to be called back for a sonogram. This is a follow up from a sonogram I had back in December where they saw a fatty necrosis and they wanted to look at it again. My…
September 15, 2005, It was the day we were suppose to meet our baby girl! We were so excited that the time had come for her to come into this world. Our friends and family were in the waiting room waiting patiently for her arrival! We were 35 and having our first child. We knew…
Today is the first day of October, It is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This month brings awareness to hard journeys I have walked, the loss of Kate, a miscarriage and then cancer. How did both of these end up in October? I hope to share with…
Today I went in for a 3 month visit with my surgical oncologist. You may remember she is the first doctor I saw on the day I was diagnosed. I actually saw her just hours after I received the life changing phone call. Today was just a follow up appointment, like the ones I’ve been…
Sweet Kate, Today you would turn 13 and be a teenager. Somedays it seems just like yesterday we welcomed you into this world. You made us a mommy and daddy. You changed our world. We do not know why God only gave you to us for such a short time but I know His ways…
Just like the title says… I remember a year ago…being at the beach… I had three chemo treatments left and I was waiting to see if chemo did what it was suppose to do…many prayers were being prayed….many of you were praying for me. I remember a few friends and I out on the beach…
Y’all….have I mentioned chemo and the effects it has on your teeth? Have I mentioned how much I do not like having to go to the dentist?? I have mentioned at my dentist office several times that I prayed that the chemo would fix anything wrong with my teeth….not do what it is known to…
As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. John 9:1-3 (ESV)…
Hello everyone!!! It has been a while since I have posted. It is not because I have not wanted to. I have so many things I want to post and write about but lately getting it on paper has been hard. Coming completely to the other side of my cancer journey was harder than I…
One year ago today, I received the call no one ever wants to receive. I remember that day just like it was yesterday and I remember how God was already at work that very day. Earlier this week I was reflecting on all that has happened this year and how God has walked with me…
My post op appointment was scheduled for yesterday, Wednesday. My friend Amy P took me to all my appointments yesterday. It was a full day. We were use to those full day appointments back during chemo, but it had been a while since I needed someone to drive me around all day! I am still…
