It's Valentines Week and three years post craniotomy to remove my my particially classified, avidly enhancing extra-axail meningioma mass lesion impinging on the parenchyma of the high left frontal lobe.  With that I want to take a minute to express a tremendous THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me throughout this insane journey.  The journey isn't over as there is still healing that needs to happen AND IT WILL!!  But I wanted to give a valentines gift to you, it is not chocolate, but my hope that my words have been an inspiration/comfort/challenge/joy/ and reminder...

Hey y'all- It's been a minute, hasn't it?  Sorry for the extended delay, but it's been a long and heavy winter.  I'm excited for the spring sunshine and I'm ready to say goodbye to the darkness that has held me hostage during the winter months.   Thanks to those who have encouraged me to get back to it.  In June my BAT (Big Ass Tumor) removal surgery will be 2.5 years behind me.  Hard to believe, right?! I've done some soul searching in the meantime and I've learned a lot about the recovery process, never giving up, and that sometimes it's okay to not be okay....

Hey Ya'll- Thank you for your continued love and support through my recovery from my BAT (Big Ass brain Tumor).  I've written a whole lot about the process of overcoming brain surgery and what it's been like.  I've told you about all of the support I've received and why I fight.  I also promised a few blogs ago to share with you some of where I get my tenacity, drive, and heart which has kept me pushing and working so hard to heal.  This is a very special and personal story I want to share about one of my biggest heroes.  

Most people I believe are luck...

SO, it’s been something past 500 days since my BAT (BIG ASS TUMOR) was removed…If you’re just reading for the first time head back in my blogs and you will learn all about my going “man down.”  So, thanks and much love to those who keep encouraging me to write and to those who offer me love and pearls of wisdom when I start to doubt myself… Here are 10 bits of where I am now and what I’ve learned…

1. Brain surgery sucks, but like any other setback in life there’s really only one option- put one boot in front of the other and keep on moving forward.  Some days will be...

As each day passes, I try to find something good in it.  Some days that is easier said than done though, but through it all we must rise to the challenge of life.  Today's blog is short and sweet.  I want to remind everyone to live your best life ever day- no matter what that looks like for you.  The past 10+ months have consisted of a lot of healing- physically, mentally, and emotionally.  Even on the days that I felt like giving up, I continued to put one foot in front of the other and march on.  

     Each day when I drop Alex off...

Hello Everyone!  No, I did not fall off the face of the earth, I started to drive again and I haven't seemed to be able to slow down!  I'm in the last week of two Master's degree courses and I have another HUGE paper due today, but my brain is too full to want to write about leadership theory (it's gonna be a looooong night....).  BUT, what has really kept me super busy every single day is football.  I love the game of football, the football families, and most importantly I love the kids.

We are getting towards the end of the 2016 season and it's time for a...

Wow, it HAS been a while since I posted anything.  Sorry, every day is a gift and I've been busy LIVING.  It's so nice to not be stuck sitting on a couch 'cause you can't do much else.  AND, big news!  I'm now DRIVING!  I cannot even begin to express how amazing it is to have my independence back.  I appreciate that through my 6 months of non-driving I was able to learn to lean on others and also to slow down a bit, but I am elated to do the normal day to day things like driving to the store to to drop-off/pick-up the kids...  I will never take driving for granted again!!...

Welcome to summer!  Hard to believe that summer is really here already.  I've been in something of a time warp with all these goings on, but as we all know...the world keeps turning.  I've been turning some thoughts around in my head as to how to approach this blog.  I want my blog to be inspiring, but I also want it to be honest as well.

For the honest...brain injuries suck.  I find myself fatigued and more easily tired.  When I'm tired I get cranky and short fused which isn't fun for those around me.  I have brain pain every day.  The heat makes my brain h...

Friends-

I wanted to share an email I received a little while ago from a dear friend. She too has been through what I have, but far worse I'm afraid. Ironically, I want to thank God and the Universe for my health issues because it has brought me to a new place in life and also reconnected me with dear friends. Life is a challenge and our attitudes on how we face these challenges will determine where we end up. Some days I want to say F the world and move to a cabin in the middle of no where. Other days I want to use my God given gifts and give my all to my community and...

 I am so blessed and fortunate to be recovering as well as I have been. It's been quite a journey with every range of emotions and thoughts to process. One big thing that I think about quite often is, “What's next?” Today marks the 4 month anniversary of the hole in my head aka brain surgery. Automatically I was put on disability and for good reason due to the amount of time it takes to recover from something as serious and life threatening as what I've gone through. For me, not having a “job” or being able to contribute to the world around me has been mentally and emotio...