Happy Anniversary to Let Life Happen

TweetSo, you have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time and you are facing a double mastectomy and reconstruction along with a parathyroid/thyroid surgery at some point.  What do you do?  Yes, I did go to Disneyland. But, if you are me and you have the most supportive and awesome husband imaginable, [...]

Happy New Year 2011

TweetIt’s time to write my 3rd New Year’s Day blog and so as not to be redundant, I decided to look back at my previous two messages and boy, did I have myself a pretty good laugh.  For the first one, it was all about resolutions and for the second one, it was all about [...]

The Day After Christmas

TweetAs I sit here relaxing this afternoon, I am struck by the fact that I do not feel sad that Christmas is over.  This is unusual for me.  Even more interesting is the fact that this feeling does not result from a sense of let down or a sense of relief after all of the [...]

The Gift of Time

TweetEarlier today, I saw a commercial open with a card that read “The Gift of Time”.  The ad was for Kentucky Fried Chicken and picking up some food from their establishments in order to save the time that it takes to cook dinner.  But when I saw and then heard those words, my thoughts went [...]

A Mom’s Abuse Decides Football Player’s Future

TweetI happened to catch the annual ESPN college football awards show on Thursday evening and was greatly moved by the story of the recipient of the Disney Spirit Award, Arkansas football player DJ Williams.  You see, DJ and his two sisters along with their mother are all survivors of domestic abuse.  I have attached here [...]

If You Are My Friend

TweetAs I pondered the blogs from the last several weeks about domestic violence, I started to think about how we all treat one another.  While certainly there are incidences where people act out against strangers, generally speaking, I am referring to how we treat those who are close to us, and more specifically, those to [...]

Verbal Abuse

TweetI had a very interesting email this week from a young lady in response to one of my previous blogs wherein she talked about her life in mostly terms of how the things that her father has said over the years are affecting her life.  It really started my thinking about how I have found [...]

“Walk Like A Man” Walk-a-thon for Breast Cancer Testing and Research

Tweet“Walk Like A Man” Walk-a-thon for Breast Cancer Testing and Research Part 2 After I finished last week’s blog, I realized that it was number 52. What better way to complete a year of weekly postings than to launch such a wonderful project on this site. I have decided that the best way to provide [...]