When You’re Ready for a New Chapter, but You’re Still in the Middle of This One Therese (Mom) Lately, I’ve been thinking about what it means to want something different while still being responsible for the life you already have. You wake up, go to work, take care of your family, and handle whatever needs
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Making Room for Joy: Creative Outlets as a Wellness Practice Therese (Mom) When I think about taking care of myself, the usual things come to mind: eating better, drinking water, moving my body, and getting enough sleep. But lately, I’m making room for something else, too: creativity. Whether I’m picking up a paintbrush or imagining
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Oh the Places We’ll Go Haylee (Daughter) When I was laid up in that hospital bed, my husband and I spent many moments discussing all the things we would do when we got out of the hospital. Looking back now, I realize we were being a little unrealistic with the timeline of things. Maybe he
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The Reminder That Could Save Your Life Therese (Mom) October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and every year we’re surrounded by pink ribbons and reminders to get our mammograms. Those reminders are important, but this year I want to talk about something a little more personal: how important it is not only to take care
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The One No One Warned Me About Haylee (Daughter) I knew that what happened to me, happened to me physically, and that there would be the obvious physical healing associated with it. What I didn’t consider, what no one warned me about, was the mental and psychological effects that would take place. I’ve always been
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Twelve Years Later: I Didn’t Realize How Far I’d Come Therese (Mom) Every once in a while, something from the past finds its way back to us at exactly the right time. Recently, I came across a blog I wrote twelve years ago while I was going through breast cancer treatment. I had almost forgotten
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The Kind of Mother I Want to Be After This Haylee (Daughter) It’s no secret that what happened to me this year, also happened to my family. While I may have been the one lying in the hospital bed, my family was there with me in every way, every shape, every form, every step of
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When Your Husband Doesn’t Seem to Be Aging…But You Are Therese (Mom) There are days when I look at my husband and think, Seriously? How is this fair? I am five years older than my husband, which has never felt like a significant age difference. We have spent so many years building a life together
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Life on 1200 Calories Haylee (Daughter) I am currently on a 1200 calorie diet and will be until I have my (hopefully) final surgery. While it hasn’t been the funnest diet I’ve ever been on, I’ve learned a few things! Before we get into that, here’s exactly what I’m doing. My goal is 1200 calories
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At the Mercy of Someone Else Therese (Mom) I was on my way to work this morning, stuck in traffic, when I found myself thinking about the renovation happening at my house. We are almost nine months in, and I am tired. Tired of the dust, tired of waiting, tired of asking when someone is
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