I love basketball. This was my favorite sport to play and I still enjoy watching the game at all levels. There’s something so unique and special about the sport that got my hooked when I first picked up a ball and still has me attached over thirty years later. Basketball is one sport you can…
Month: December 2022
Chia Hair, Don’t Care
This time last year my hair was falling out. This year thankfully my hair is coming in nicely. And a bit wildly too! It’s been interesting to see how my hair has grown back. I have not done much to it, I just let it come in and see what it does. As my hair…
Focus on Family
With Covid finally over I was looking forward to the first “normal” Christmas in 3 years. We spend Christmas Eve with my in laws and Christmas Day with my Mom’s side of the family. We were looking forward to heading to my in laws Saturday and about 15 minutes into our 45 minute trip Shane…
The Magic Behind Christmas
There are a lot of challenges that come with being a parent. And when you have five kids there’s even more challenges. While a fun challenge, the Christmas present thing is not easy. With the kids close in age they are already competitive with each other and this adds to the stress of trying to…
The Best Gift Ever
This little guy turned 10 months yesterday. He is truly one of the best gifts we could ask for. All of our kids are gifts and miracles and I don’t mean to downplay how great they are but the story of what this guy endured to get here is really amazing. This little guy underwent…
Thank You Holiday Workers
This time of year a huge thank you goes to postal workers, Amazon workers, delivery drivers and retail workers who scramble to help everyone get gifts in time for the holiday. While more shopping than ever is done online, there is still a lot of in person shopping done and kudos to those cleaning up…
Repeat Customer
Here I was again. Back on the operating table. My third time in 4.5 months and 4th time in 6 months. I’m having reconstruction complications again. My incision opened up again. And so my expander has to come out again. So there I was going through the whole surgery process again. Too bad you don’t…
Making Holiday Memories
On Saturday we decided to do something fun because why not. After all I’ve been through this year it’s time to experience as much as I can with the kids. And we had an opportunity to experience something very special during the holiday season with our oldest two. I saw that North Carolina was playing…