{hope candle picture} Written April 14, 2024 Cleaning the studio with Jerome today. It's a bittersweet process. I've worked so very hard to learn and create everything I've put into this business. I worked up until a week before going to Duke for my first appointme…
Written April 12, 2024. I never imagined recovering from a craniectomy surgery would take so long to heal from. There is a fine line between doing too much throughout the day, working my neck and head muscles too much, and being in pain at night, or mentally feeling like I'…
Written April 9, 2024 Home. Home has been such a blessing these past few months. I never realized just how busy my life was until life circumstances made me stop and slow down. Since just before surgery, everything came to a grinding halt. The slowdown has been wonderful and ha…
Written March 15, 2024 The piano being played at the Duke Cancer Center fills the tall atrium with beautiful music, it's something I have always loved hearing when entering the building; it eases a little of the fear of the unknown and feels soothing and comforting to my sou…
We were blessed with the news in mid-January that our youngest daughter, Katie, would be having a sweet baby of her own due in September. Her first baby, and such a blessing. Her fiance was in the Navy at the time and stationed on the West Coast, but would be home for good in Ma…
Written February 13th, 2024 The girls have been so gentle around me. They have filled my days with smiles, naps together, and keep me laughing. Audrey knew I was getting a "haircut" while I was away at the "doctor". The first thing she did when I walked into …
Written Sunday, February 11th, 2024 I have prayed a thousand prayers since this all began in October. To hear the pathologist report from the phone call we received from Duke, to hear that one word, benign. I could hardly focus on much more of the conversation after I was told…
Written February 4, 2024 The morning of surgery we arrived early. Through the tall glass windows, you could still see the dark early morning outside. We waited, passing by time, waiting for my name to be called. My friend Jeremy, who I have grown up with since we were babies in…
Written early morning, January 25, 2024 Today was rough emotionally. I'm cleared for surgery in the morning. My husband is sleeping beside me, I should be too but I can't sleep. We wake in just a few short hours to head to Duke Cancer Center for my surgery. Today we ru…
Written January 23, 2024 Today we have been traveling back to Duke. Tomorrow is pre-op and then surgery the following day, January 25th. I've stayed busy these last few weeks leading up to today. Staying busy kept my mind busy and the worry and fear at a distance. Honestly, …
Written January 14, 2024 We've been receiving cards daily, filled with such comforting words of hope and strength. Thank you for all the beautiful cards, encouraging words and support you have all sent. Thank you to my cousin, Amanda, for the verses of hope you sent me. To…
Written January 6, 2024 We are beyond grateful and blessed by the outpouring of love, words of hope and kindness, support and encouragement. I want to thank each one of you personally but it may take me a little bit of time, yesterday I cried tears of thankfulness to know there…
Written January 1, 2024 We said goodbye to 2023 as we welcomed in more hope for 2024. Last year was good to us, even with these last few hard months, we made a lot of wonderful memories. This morning we packed our bags and are now on the road for my first appointment tomorrow…
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