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As we get closer to Christmas, I continue to reflect on how much our life has changed in a year. Last year at this time, I had already had 2 chemo infusions, was working full time, getting used to wig wearing, constantly going to the maternal fetal medicine doctor to scan the babies to checkContinue reading “12/8/25”

I’m truly an optimistic person, and a woman of faith and and I’ve tried to approach this cancer journey with as much optimism and faith as possible. Smile through the pain. Remember why I’m enduring this season. Be thankful for all our love and support.  And I am. I truly am.  But I can’t keepContinue reading “November 18, 2025”

This morning I captured this gorgeous pink sunrise on the way to school. It felt like the sky was meant to be pink on this last day of October.  I have so many thoughts tonight as I head to bed, as I think about my first October as a breast cancer patient.  First, I’m soContinue reading “End of October”

Here we go.  Today it has officially been one year since I was diagnosed with cancer.  I was 31 years old and 20 weeks pregnant with twin girls.  I didn’t have time to panic. We quickly got a second option, got appointments scheduled and started chemo all in 2 weeks.  4 rounds of chemo. It wasContinue reading “10/14/25”

This is me when I was 3 months into my cancer journey. No hair. Had chemo 10 days before I delivered the girls. Did chemo 30 days after the girls were born. I never took a picture of my bald head because it made me so incredibly sad.  A year ago, October wasn’t Breast CancerContinue reading “October”

Here I am, 2 months after surgery. After a lot of conversations and many hours of worrying and deliberating, I decided to go back to teaching this year. My surgery results provided a good result, but not the best result. The chemo I had from October to May shrunk my tumor, but didn’t eliminate it.Continue reading “8/21/25”

I wanted to say thanks to much for everyone’s prayers leading up to my surgery. It was hard to put into words the anxiousness, yet calmness I was feeling just days before. The surgery seems to go smoothly, but we won’t have a pathology report for a few weeks to see if I’m officially cancerContinue reading “6/13/25”