Ok, so what happens when you are having the most. Challenging. Week. Of. Your. Life? You turn to your people. You turn to your mentors. (Rach, I know you don’t know me, but you are the most amazing mentor I could ever have! So thank you!!!) Hitting bookstores AND Audible on March 12, 2019, Girl,…

In 1996, 9 year old Amber Hagerman of Arlington, Texas was kidnapped and murdered. The little girl had been riding her bike with her brother when she was grabbed. A witness told his family, and people began searching. Four days later, she was found dead less than 5 miles from where she was last seen.…

Two months. A lot can happen in two months. You could learn a new language, take up running, watch the seasons change. Babies can be pulled to sitting in two months. You could travel 3/4 of the way to Venus in two months. You could heal a broken bone. It has been two months, less…

It snowed today. In my part of Canada, that’s pretty rare, and I love when the flakes begin to flurry through the air. It’s a Sunday and we had nowhere to be. My kids were tired; my daughter had a cold. My husband has rarely left our bedroom in over a month, and so, we…

Hey – have you met my new friend? This is Fear. He’s going to be shadowing me for a while. I don’t really know how long he plans to hang around, but the current estimate is about 8-12 months. Sometime last year, really in the Fall I guess, is when he decided to start hanging…

Do I look tired? I feel tired. I feel tired all the way to my bones, and further still, if there was a further. Today, Saturday, should be a day of fun. It should dance and rockwall and going out with my friends. It should be laughter and fun and time with my husband. But…

“Your husband has rectal cancer.” The surgeon said this in the calmest, most matter of fact way. There was nothing harsh or careless about it. Just a fact. This has to be a bizarre joke, I thought, as I quickly looked to Dave. Dave was not smiling, but rather nodding ruefully. My face arranged itself…

#MCM- this is my Little Man. He is literally my Man Crush Everyday. I fell in love with him long before he was even born, and has spent his entire life reinforcing to me every single day that a positive attitude can literally change anything into fun. From his resounding “YES!! YAY!!” When I asked…

This is my mommy. She is quite literally the most beautiful woman I ever seen in my life. She has the innate ability to know when I need her from anywhere on the planet, even when I haven’t indicated that I do. She just calls at exactly the right time. She is smart and funny…

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