Don’t Get Your Knickers in a Knot
Mondays are notorious for problems. You’re tired from a busy weekend, you’re running late, didn’t have time for breakfast, got stuck in a traffic jam, and then a car cut you off. Oh, and this was all...
View ArticleTissue Alert
The pure love of a pet is truly a special thing. Dogs, in particular, seem to wear their hearts on their tails – the happier they are, the faster their tails wag. They don’t really hold their affection...
View ArticleWhat Will Love Motivate You to Do?
Mike Bruno is the women’s volleyball coach at Point Park University. He’s also the father of seven-year old Cassie who was born blind and has autism. Born premature at just 25 weeks, Cassie weighed...
View ArticleCharleston, Elevators, and Good News
It’s been a little quiet here on the blog lately. That is partly because work/life has been c.r.a.z.y. and partly because we did a little traveling last week. Charleston’s Rainbow Row One of the places...
View ArticleYou are the Light
Today. Before you get busy checking items off your to-do list. Before you get distracted, annoyed, frustrated, and stressed. Before you respond in a negative way. Make a promise to yourself that you...
View ArticleNever Have Liked Goodbyes
I remember being a little girl and traveling from Alabama to Kentucky to visit all of my grandparents (and aunts, uncles, great-grandparents, and cousins, too!). It was usually around Easter,...
View ArticleAnother Way of Looking At It
I found myself a little (ok, a lot) annoyed and frustrated after every news channel and outlet overloaded us with the second-by-second playback of the capture of the youngest Boston bomber this...
View ArticleLove Always Wins
I saw the first inkling something was wrong on Twitter. The news outlets were reporting two explosions near the finish line at the Boston Marathon with numerous people injured and possibly dead. And I...
View ArticleThe Gardners of My Soul
[This beautiful print is available in Katie Daisy's Etsy store.] I have numerous people in my life who bring me happiness – even joy – and I feel overwhelmed with gratitude for their presence in my...
View ArticleSequestration and What it Means for Cancer Patients
My wise, knowledgeable, and kind-hearted friend, The Savvy Sister, posted this information earlier in the week and I think it is too important not to pass along. As a cancer patient, my perspective is...
View ArticleSome Monday Cheer
Treatment #8 went very well on Friday. I had planned to ask Dr. D if he would re-do my CMP and CBC to check my kidney function again since it was abnormal when tested eight weeks ago, but then normal...
View ArticleWhat Will You Choose Today?
I’m heading to treatment tomorrow. This is #8; only four more to go after this! My labs were out of whack last time, but after re-doing them and getting an early CT scan, everything looked fine. I’m...
View ArticleBy His Great Mercy
I hope you enjoy this Easter weekend. May your heart be reminded of God’s great, big, ginormous love for you and the promise of eternal life given to us through the resurrection of Jesus Christ! But...
View ArticleHoly Week Readings
The week leading up to Easter Sunday is different than any other week of the year. It reminds us of heartache and physical suffering, yet culminates with the hope we know because of our Risen Lord. [...
View ArticleThe Thing About Happiness
Yesterday was the International Day of Happiness. (There’s a day for everything, isn’t there?) Not surprisingly, this day devoted to being happy coincided with the first day of Spring which, in my...
View ArticleFresh and Tasty {A Veggie Recipe Round Up}
We had our first truly warm days of the year this weekend and it was wonderful! It was the kind of weather I wait for all winter – the kind of days where you get that first hint of truly warm weather...
View ArticleOne Simple Wish
Sometimes I will come across an article that makes me want to jump up and down shouting YES! I read one such article last week on CNN: Website Shows Foster Kids Their Wishes Are Worthwhile. The article...
View ArticleLike to Sleep? Good.
I’m reading more and more about the importance of sleep to our overall health and well-being, and all I have to say about this is . . . HALLELUJAH! I am a BIG fan of sleep. :) The challenge I, and many...
View Article10 Things You Must Give Up to Move Forward
Here’s a little infographic that contains a few words of wisdom from the late Stephen Covey. (Did anyone else know that he passed away last year?? Where have I been?) (Click on the image to view...
View ArticleCoping with Cancer: Resiliency
This is the second post in a new series: Coping with Cancer: 20 Ways to Find Calm in the Midst of a Health Storm. The first post, Coping with Cancer: Confusion, can be found here. Are people born...
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