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eunoia
[yoo-noy-uh] Greek. (n.) a pure and well-balanced mind, a good spirit. “Beautiful Thinking”

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Happy Memories
Written May 23, 2022 3 years ago today Nicholas proposed at sunrise 1 year ago we landed on Santorini for our honeymoon & yesterday I cried, almost uncontrollably, at a restaurant, because what’s normally our favorite activity – breakfast out – turned into me being embarrassed to order due to my speech, pain while attempting Read more
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Waxing, Piercing, and What Actually Makes You Beautiful
Written April 26, 2022 Last scheduled day at Mayo Featuring my nose piercing and rumblings on waxing and natural beauty: Read more
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Pancakes & Truffle Fries
Written April 24, 2022 Spent time outside this lovely Sunday (beating Nicholas at putt-putt if you go by my way of scoring ;)) Plus pancakes…which were too painful to eat…but the truffle fries? The truffle fries brought tears to my eyes – first thing I’ve been able to really taste in a long long time Read more
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Can’t take it anymore
Written April 19, 2022 + more from this date in 2023 *sigh* the couple weeks following treatment have been t o u g h I am tired of not enjoying food – either because I can’t taste it or it’s just plain painful – I’m tired of being home all of the time (denied returning Read more
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2-Year Scans
I travelled to the Mayo Clinic on April 10-11 to see all of my Doctors and have my two-year post-treatment neck and chest CT scans. My first appointment was with Speech Pathology where we used X-rays to measure my swallowing abilities (I eat different substances with barium which shows up on X-rays that they shoot Read more
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The Company
Written April 12, 2022 Wow No matter how tough this journey…I was just telling my Mom how incredibly special the company has been You all warm my soul more than you even know I’ll be honest & say I haven’t been feeling “inspirational” as of late I feel sick…a lot…and am losing weight and not Read more

About Me
Hi, I’m Miranda, author of A small hope
I am in the pursuit of a well-balanced mind, spirit, and life, and thought I’d take others on the journey with me to hopefully inspire them to find their eunoia.
A small hope is inspired by Matt Haig and his work The Comfort Book in which he repeats “nothing is stronger than a small hope that never gives up”. I have a small hope I can have a big impact on others with a bit of story telling, science, and a lot of truth.