Cooking With Cast Iron

I recently made the decision to start consulting with Pampered Chef. I choose to do this because it was a great way to earn a little extra income, which goes into our savings account for when we move back to Washington. Additionally I choose to start a Pampered Chef business because I love their products …

Cancer like a Champion

I feel like I have been going through the motions for months now. Wake up. Feed baby, Pour coffee. Play with baby... You get the idea. Mundane. Simple. Besides, life the past couple months hasn't been simple. Far from. Ever since my daughter was born it has been one whirlwind right after another. Like walking …

Stunned Silence

There isn't much left to say when bad news hits. You sit there in a steal motion freeze waiting and hoping for words to come. But, your mind is empty and your heart is swallowing itself. You breathe in and then out because that is about all you can do. You function. Keep moving because …

A Place in The Son

Fifteen years ago, as of yesterday,  my father passed away. I know this like I know four is the answer to two plus two. The kind of fact that is deep rooted into your well being and hides there for all of time. For the last ten years or so I have been able to …

Fear Never Leaves

Mom said something to me that struck a chord. Her words hit me like a freight train headed west. She was talking about the support group she attends every week and how there is this fourteen year breast cancer surviver who attends as well. I have heard her mention the surviver before this conversation but …

Wake Me Up When Chemo Ends

Yesterday I told my mom that if she wanted too I could keep giving her sleeping pills and let her sleep her way through the rest of chemo. Making the joke, "wake me up when chemo ends..." Much like the famed Green Day song, "Wake Me Up When September Ends." I told my mom that …

Going through the big “C” and I don’t mean Chlamydia

Finally.  David and I are starting to feel better. It started off as a headache that wouldn't quit, then the sore throat, the undying cough, nasal congestion, and for me an ear ache that hurt so bad I actually took a pain leftover from my previous surgery. Goodness.  I have been hibernating in the dank, …

Blessings, Bravery & Chics N Chaps

I like to believe that for every bad thing that happens in life that something good will happen too. However long you have to wait for the good to happen, it does, eventually. Even if its somethings as small as winning a free ice cream cone from DQ. Good happens. I feel as though I have …

My Mothers Voice

I don't want anyone ever thinking that I am using my moms cancer as a way to gain popularity. I am not using my mother's cancer for personal gain. I am not that kind of person. Not in the slightest. I am doing this for two reasons awareness and healing. Awareness  I want bring life to …

Capsized, We Have a Long Way to Go

Mom says that when you have cancer the first thing you think when you wake up is, "Wow, I have cancer." She says she doesn't think about being thirsty, hungry, or even that she has to go to the bathroom. It's always the fact that she has cancer. Maybe after awhile it won't come as …