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, [...]

How We Can Help a Breast Cancer Patient

As we wind down on Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I began to think about some of the real issues for a person diagnosed with breast cancer.

Jessica’s Story – 12 Suicide Attempts After Abuse

TweetI recently received the most amazing story of struggle and survival of a woman who has faced abuse and I would like to share the abbreviated version here. My name is Jess. I am 29 years old. I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. I overdosed 12 times my last two being the worse. I [...]

Originality

TweetI suppose my most recent shopping expedition is the catalyst for my current musings regarding originality.  I was searching for a new black blouse, a very simple item in my mind.  However, after looking at literally thousands of offerings over the last several months on so many different websites and searching the local stores, I [...]

Teamwork

TweetOne of the greatest lessons that I have learned in my life is the value of teamwork.  It is what I consider to be the best solution to any task, question, situation, endeavor, etc. that may come my way.  This does not mean that I don’t work independently and find that in many situations that [...]

Volunteering Without Leaving Home

TweetI am very fortunate to work for a company that supports volunteering in the community as a way to give back.  Included in the various programs where we can help is a group who knits or crochets or quilts or purchases blankets for children in crisis.  This was of particular interest to me as a [...]

Help Others – Tell Your Story

TweetOne of the single most important things that I have learned since writing my very first blog is that by telling my story, I am helping other people who have been or currently are in the same circumstances that I have experienced.  I have also learned that once other people read or heard your story [...]

Happy Anniversary to Me

TweetNext Friday, January 22nd, will mark the 2nd anniversary of my writing this weekly blog.  Now while to many this may not seem to be any big accomplishment, it truly is a major milestone for me.  The main reason for that is that I came to this task kicking and screaming, in my own way.  [...]

Wind Down Week

TweetEvery year, the holiday season comes and goes so very quickly and each year I promise myself that I am not going to have that happen again without enjoying the season to its fullest.  To that end, I have officially declared the coming week to be Wind Down Week wherein I will complete every non-holiday [...]

What I Have Today Could Be Gone Tomorrow

TweetEarlier this week, I watched some of the coverage of the devastation from the earthquakes and tsunamis in the regions of Indonesia and those sights were totally surreal.  I watched local coverage of those people who lost family and friends in those parts of the world and couldn’t begin to imagine what they were feeling.  [...]

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