My Blog
death of a dream (hope for when your marriage ends)
The end of a year always brings about reflection of some kind or another, and for me, it was no different. Just a whole lot more than I ever bargained for. Being the type of person I am, I am pretty transparent and hide nothing. Sometimes, that’s seen as a gift,...
something new
I was never one that had a life verse. That is, until I had survived cancer 10 years ago. Cancer did way more than wipe away parts of my body, leave me pretty beat up (physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and financially), and forced me to stare death...
I could never
I heard many people say to me when they heard parts of my life story - “I don’t know how you did that, I never could.” Perhaps you have said it… “I can’t imagine losing my child. I could never live if that happened.”“I can’t imagine going through cancer, that’s my...
The road called hope
I look outside my window this morning and I see hope. It’s not tangible; I can’t see it, smell it, or touch it. It’s not external. My environment hasn’t changed. My family hasn’t changed. Our world hasn’t miraculously changed overnight. I didn’t have any visions,...
no, I don’t want your attention (a candid talk about c-ptsd)
I've tossed around the idea of writing a blog series for a while now regarding my diagnosis. It's been hard to get up the guts to write it. But first, I have to admit something.I've been accused of wanting attention.For years.-Jenny, the girl with a little too much...
The Photograph
The Photograph There hasn’t been quite anything quite like the photograph in all of time. One little object can hold either the most extreme disdain or the most cherished memory. It seems that we are getting away from physical handheld photographs since everything...