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I rang that bell! 🔔  It has been a LONG 18 months but I’m done with all my cancer infusions!  17 chemo infusions.  17 immunotherapy infusions.  I couldn’t have done it without the support of my incredible family! Everyone sacrificed to help me make it through this awful time.  Today I got to introduce theContinue reading “I RANG THAT BELL!”

Long time, no post! But here I go… This spring has generally been a really positive time for our family. The babies are running now and we are getting a lot of quality family time after work and on the weekends. I finished the chemo pill the last week of February, and I am soContinue reading “4/6/26”

Just wanted to pop on here to wish Michael a happy birthday and share lots of mushy gushy stuff about him! It’s my favorite person’s birthday! More to share about our fun accommodations later, but goodness I am feeling lucky to be celebrating another year with Michael. He is everything you’d want in a partner-Continue reading “Michael’s Birthday”

Wow- what a month we’ve had. The babies are one, big brother is 4, and big sis is reading everything in sight. Michael and I are in the tricky part of the school year, where we feel the long days and our students have been stuck inside too much, and engagement is so hard! However,Continue reading “What’s New with our Crew?”

Today our sweet girls have been in the world for a year! It’s been a year full of sleepless nights, lots of crying (the babies and myself!), hundreds of songs, thousands of diapers and bottles, and millions of questions, but even more smiles and cuddles. Today I found myself with a few moments of peaceContinue reading “The Twins are 1!”

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”