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Choosing Goodbye

Aging, Breast Cancer, Communication, Community, Faith, Grace, Gratitude, Grief, Marriage, Parenting / 1 Comment

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 […]

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Panera Grace

Communication, Community, Faith, Grace, Gratitude, Parenting / 2 Comments

It’s a long line at Panera. I glance up at the menu. Ah- there it is. The Strawberry Poppyseed & Chicken salad. I can taste it already. I was ordering two to go. One for me, and one for my friend Kristin who had graciously let my son play with her son for 3 days

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