Breast Cancer · Cancer · Life · Tattoos

When you just know 

When I’m feeling overwhelmed or stuck by what I have no control over, I get very focused on a future project. Sometimes it is simply rearranging furniture. When  I’m extremely lucky it’s about a vacation, but right now it’s about my body and what I can actually control. There’s not much that we can control… Continue reading When you just know 

Anxiety · Friendship · Grief · Life · Marriage · Motherhood · Tattoos

This is my story

  Something that I will never understand is why people judge others based on appearance. I have a few things about me that can make others jump to conclusions, and it frustrates me to no end. For example, I am fat, but I am also not unhealthy. That doesn’t make sense to some people, including […]

Depression · Grief · Life · Marriage · Motherhood · Suicide · Tattoos · Teacher · Teaching

This is a gift

    This post will be hard for me to write, but I have loyal readers now and a few have made a request. Also, some events have happened around my loved ones over the past week that have motivated me to share. I know it is hubris to think that my little blog could… Continue reading This is a gift

Anxiety · Friendship · Grief · Life · Marriage · Motherhood · Tattoos

This is my story

  Something that I will never understand is why people judge others based on appearance. I have a few things about me that can make others jump to conclusions, and it frustrates me to no end. For example, I am fat, but I am also not unhealthy. That doesn’t make sense to some people, including… Continue reading This is my story