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What Betrayal Taught Me
If you follow the blog, you have most likely realized that there was a point in my life that changed everything. Everything about me. It fractured who I was. It fractured my trust in people. It fractured my ability to open up to others. To protect myself, and my family, I shut myself off from…
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NACHO Parent.
My personal experience with Nacho Parenting. What got me there. How I found it. And how it has helped. If you follow the blog and have read along, you know by now that our road blending families came with challenges and setbacks. January 2025 will, unfortunately, go down in the history books. No need to…
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Extra, Extra Read All About It.
The Extra Nobody Asked For Being a stepparent is by far the hardest seat that I have ever sat in. I feel like I can hear a thousand step-moms (and step-dads) saying this repeatedly to themselves. Because it is true. I thought being a single mom was hard, but sometimes being a step-parent is so…
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Misdiagnosed – The Final Part
PART IV My very first appointment with my new rheumatologist was like a breath of fresh air. I arrived, had massive amounts of blood drawn, and then waited to see the doctor. After introductions, he explained that he had spent time going through all of my medical records from the previous hospital and their physicians.…
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Misdiagnosed – Part III
Five days after receiving the telephone call enrolling me in the cancer study, I had an appointment with Hematology/Oncology. The day was long, and many blood tests were run. At approximately 4:00 p.m., as my husband and I sat in a cold, stale hospital room waiting for whatever news would come next, the nurse practitioner…
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Misdiagnosed – Part II
Early in 2022, after numerous tests produced no answers, all while my bloodwork continued to spike in multiple areas, my primary care physician recommended that I consult with Rheumatology. Due to the increasing lab abnormalities and the frequency and severity of the pain attacks, my referral was escalated pretty quickly. This was the first time…
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Misdiagnosed – Part I
The story of my life, that changed everything. It was spring 2021. Life was starting to get back to normal post-COVID. People were returning to the office, mask mandates were being lifted, and people were slowly emerging from homes that had begun to feel like a cell. This was also the time that the leaders…
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What to wear to a baseball game, real life, Mom-style.
We recently attended a local minor league baseball game with friends and their kids. Before we even left the house, the group text started: “What are you wearing?” And honestly? I ask myself that same question every single time I go to a baseball game that doesn’t involve a local youth league or school team.…
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I’m Back, But Not Quite the Same.
Life has been life-ing, which led me to take a pause from just about everything so I could clear my head and refocus. If you’ve followed along, you know about the Forgiveness Study and how it first began. From the second our study started, I felt like we were under attack. I was hit repeatedly…
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Boundaries – When They Slip
Boundaries are often something that are established over time—and take practice. Trust me when I say this, because I know from experience. I have spent many years in therapy, healing from past wounds and learning how to set boundaries. But recently, I woke up and realized that maybe I had grown a little too comfortable……