Category: Life
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A Summer to Remember
Written September 5, 2022 Poured my heart into this Summer Said ”Yes” to everything & lived a life I’m incredibly proud of I am so excited to carry the joy of this season into the next, and thrilled to know my spirit was bruised, never broken, battered maybe, never beat Thank you to everyone who…
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Let’s Talk
Written August 11, 2022 Yes, I want to talk about it. I want people to ask me how I’m doing, I want them to find out I had cancer and ask “what kind?” “When?” “How was it treated?” And “are you okay?” It helps me process it all to tell my story. I have moments…
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Ed Sheeran
Written July 24, 2023 – Concert July 15, 2023 Haven’t ~fully~ wrapped my head around Erika taking me to see Ed Sheeran (& Eminem !!!!!) live last weekend. He’s another artist, like Taylor, who takes me back to 2:00 AM drives home in high school from Jacqui’s house singing “The A Team”; when Deb told…
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3-Months Post-Treatment Pre-Scan
Written July 9, 2022 “All you need is faith, trust, & a little bit of pixie dust.” Vibe going into my first post-treatment CT & PET scans this week Nothin a lil’ Disney trip with my Mom & Karla can’t distract me from Much love to those following along with me the last 6 months…
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1st Wedding Anniversary
Written June 12, 2022 A b e a utiful tribute to 365 days of growth in love, loyalty, & true happiness Thank you to everyone who has poured their love into our beginning the memories & lessons of this past year will certainly last a lifetime Hard to put it all into words, so I’ll…
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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…
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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:
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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
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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…
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We’re Moving!
Written April 9, 2022 A year ago, I announced our move to Phoenix, Arizona…and what a dream that has been. Nick has been working as a general surgery intern, while I had the privilege of serving two local high schools as an athletic trainer with Banner Health. I don’t quite have the words yet to…
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