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 […]
Our two oldest boys, 9 and 10, dive into our comfy, brown chair in the living room and hug a blanket around their knees. Brian opens to the first chapter. “Tonight we’re going to read a chapter together from What’s the Big Deal? Why God Cares About Sex,” Brian explains. Our oldest son squirms and pulls
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“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