Since we went to a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party today and Alice’s birthday is coming up, I figured it’s a good time to write about one of my favorite Disney characters. I’ve always loved is Alice in Wonderland. Ever since I first saw Disney movie I fell in love with the strange but fascinating adventure…
Author: Erin Cahill-Wetzel
Let’s Talk About Miscarriage
Miscarriage happens to about 1 in 4 pregnancies and yet there is such a stigma and silence about talking about it. Admittedly I didn’t think much about it until I had one and then I learned just how common they are and how terrible it is to go through. Around this date four years ago,…
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Today is International Women’s Day, a chance to recognize all women have achieved and overcome. There are so many women who have paved the way for us girls and women of today. It’s hard to name some because there are so many strong and influential women who have helped break the ceiling for women. We…
Boy or Girl…It Doesn’t Matter
With March being women’s history month, this topic popped into my head since we focus on one gender this month. One of the more stressful things during my pregnancies was finding out my babies’ gender. It shouldn’t be a stress but the pressure to find out the gender and do a reveal make it this…
March Madness
I’ve said multiple times how sports are a great metaphor for life. My favorite sporting event and time of the year is March Madness with college basketball and as I’ve begun watching conference tournament games I’m reminded how this is the perfect analogy for life. March Madness shows us the range of emotions: the highest…
Hair is Back, Now What?
I’ve never been high maintenance which turned out to be a good thing when battling cancer. Looks are the last thing I cared about as I underwent treatment and lost my hair and gained weight and was very pale. My idea of doing my hair when it was long was to throw it up in…
The Extra “Weight”We Carry
The weight we carry. And no I’m not talking about the weight around our stomachs or excess pounds on our body. I’m talking about the invisible weight we carry with us every day. Some days there is even more weight than others. And just as extra physical weight can slow us down so can this…
Picking Up the Pieces
It’s hard to regain your footing after a life altering event. You slowly try to figure out what is normal and what got changed or destroyed. Kind of like cleaning up after a major storm. The cancer hit like a sudden storm and left a lot of devastation. Physically there was a lot of damage….