Sometimes a friend walks into your life whose love changes you forever. That friend, for me, is Peri Thomas. It all started back in September with a knock at my back door. It’s my new friend and neighbor, Peri. I motion her in. Since our kids (and we) have been in and out of each other’s […]
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My table is perfect. The tablecloth with the turkeys on the edges. Candles. Our finest dishes. And then- I carefully place my favorite little plaster “Give Thanks” pumpkin with the painted green ivy leaves in the center of the table. Five minutes till our guests arrive- and counting. My dad stands at the counter slicing
Today marks the first day of National Hereditary Breast & Ovarian Cancer Week. It also marks the three-year anniversary of a monumental event in my life- the day I opted to undergo a preventative mastectomy because of my own hereditary risk of cancer. Three days before my surgery I wrote an essay entitled, “Goodbye.” After
“Come, quickly!” I follow my mother-in-law out her back door in Wisconsin to a neighboring patio. On a table sits a cactus, bursting with glorious light pink blooms. “It only blooms for one day,” she explains. “How incredible that we happened to be here for this one day!” I peer into the delicate centers framed with