Living in Freedom & Confidence
"In him (Christ Jesus) and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence." – Ephesians 3:11 niv
I will be honest, I was not raised observing the practice or season of Lent. It was merely a tradition for my Catholic and Lutheran friends. Until last year. As I laid at home recovering from my latest surgery, I tuned into my church’s live stream service. The topic was Lent. The Pastor recalled a…
This may date me, but do you recall the Chia Pet commercials? “Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia! The gift that grows!” Just add water and your Chia Pet magically grows! The expansion process is like the Chia Pet. Ex-Ex-Ex-Expanders! Just add water and watch your chest magically grow! What are expanders? When I underwent my double mastectomy I opted…
There is no way to sugar coat it – cancer sucks. I consider myself so fortunate in my cancer experience. I avoided chemotherapy and radiation, but it was still a very difficult journey. There is no way to battle cancer and not feel loss. When I reflect upon the difficulties my children faced and my…
I am sure you have heard the African Proverb “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well let me just say – It takes a village to recovery from a mastectomy too. To say I traveled that road alone would be a lie. Nor would I have wanted to travel that road alone. It…
After my last two blog posts about my breast cancer journey it is high time for something positive! The day I met with my breast surgeon to review my pathology results from my double mastectomy she entered the exam room with a stack of papers and a small pink box. With a smile on her…
Little. Miss. Perfect. That used to be me. Or at least I tried. I grew up thinking the only way to be was perfect. And if I couldn’t actually be perfect, at least I could convince others I was. There was no room for the messiness of life. The messiness was hidden or swept under the…
Ok so I warned you in my last post that post and this one would be TMI. If you read my last post, you are probably thinking – yeah, she wasn’t kidding. Well I am not kidding with this post either. If my last post was TMI, then this post is WTMPO – Way Too…
I feel like I should forewarn you – I am the queen of TMI. I prefer transparency and keeping it real. I also feel like there is no way to cover the next few stages of my post-mastectomy recovery without TMI. Things are about to get very real. So, consider yourself warned. Leaving the hospital…
Four weeks into 2019 and Happy New Year seems passé. Regardless, I hope you enjoyed the holidays and the close of 2018. I for one was happy to say goodbye to 2018. I am ready to start afresh in 2019. Reflecting upon 2018 I can honestly say it was one of the most difficult years…
The hardest part of my breast cancer journey was my double mastectomy. What began as my 2nd surgery in a series of 3 surgeries, turned into the 2nd of 6, soon to be 7 surgeries. It’s been a long journey! Therefore I will be covering it over a series of posts. This post pertains to…