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Sweet 16 Tumorversary

I would like to thank all of my brain buddies who were able to attend my SWEET 16 Celebration #GMFsweet16. It was an amazing celebration and the turnout was beyond INCREDIBLE. Some extra special moments : one was when my high school journalism teacher surprised me. She immediately rushed over to the party after flying…

YOU LIVE AS LONG AS YOU ARE REMEMBERED

It has been said ” YOU LIVE AS LONG AS YOU ARE REMEMBERED” -a Russian Proverb I have been thinking about my New Years blog. What to do? How to start off the New Year and not write about the typical topics -Cleaning out the clutter-New Years Resolutions or the NEW diet. I figured we…

The November Thankfulness Challenge

Happy November! Everyone thinks of Thanksgiving at this time of year. What do you have to be thankful for? Research has shown that being thankful can improve your overall health – physically, mentally and emotionally, including better sleep patterns, and even heart benefits. Research has also found that another benefit of regularly feeling thankful or…

If Only For One: Choices

Sometimes, If Only For One can be a choice. Making one little choice can greatly alter your course, and you may not even realize it.

IF ONLY FOR ONE I talk the talk and walk the walk

If you know me just a little or read my casual chatter you know I attempt to walk each day in an effort to keep clarity & physical well being in my life. It get’s to be a tricky balance in the AZ heat but Im still managing to average 5 miles a day with…

If Only For One " Grocery Store smiles"

I am checking out of the grocery line and the person before me donated a turkey. The cashier paged the mgr to find out what to do with it. The mgr was not aware the person who donated the turkey had already left and thanked me. I smiled and said Oh your welcome. I…

IF ONLY FOR ONE : Was it a…. U-turn or an unspoken command YOU! TURN

I was on the way home from something I had to do and really had no set start or finish it just was what it was. So when I was finished I contemplated another task grocery shopping and decided EHH ok better get it done. In the process of driving & I have driven this…

Reflecting on 15

This date 15 years ago was a TUESDAY. The night before the big surgery. I had been waiting for 2 weeks since I was first told I had a baseball size mass in my brain that needed to be removed. So Sept. 2 1998 was the big day. In my mind I…

IF ONLY FOR ONE (simple stories of how each day sharing a simple act of kindness makes a difference)

I have some catching up. Last week at my quarterly oncology appt. and scan review I was running a few minutes behind and so the story goes. Scan was unchanged and stable. YES! Happy Dance. I was leaving my appt. and I see a girl in the waiting room with a BRAIN CANCER stinks shirt…