As I’m recovering from surgery relating to cervical cancer, a few amazing people have stepped up and donated some amazing content for me to publish in the meantime. Karl Hunt is one of those people and I’m extremely grateful! This post is written by Karl Hunt and he works at CouponAudit as…
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How My Family Survived Cancer As long as I live, I will never forget November 21, 2005. On this day, my wife, Heather, was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma. I was in no way prepared for the new life we would begin to live. We were just blessed with our first daughter Lily, and we…
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This morning at 9:30am, I’m undergoing a hysterectomy, but you see… I’m lucky. Lucky in the way that I had a team of people behind me watching my health, my dysplasia and cancer status and medical professionals who genuinely cared about my outcome. Today, I hope the cancer is gone.Today, will mark the first day…
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I got on a green kick in late 2010. I started phasing out materials in my home and in our skincare. One of the first things I did, was switch my beloved Comet cleaner to a more green scrubber. I changed my Lysol wipes to Trader Joe’s, “Cleanliness is Next to Godliness” spray with a…
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“One part of me just wants to tell you everything, one part just needs the quiet. And if I’m lonely here, I’m lonely here.” - I will not take these things for granted, Toad The Wet Sprocket My children always seem to be the goofiest before they crash of pure exhaustion. I’m the same way….
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Today, my period came for the last time. I know it’s the last time because in less than two weeks, I’ll be undergoing a hysterectomy to treat cervical cancer. I’m also acutely aware that I’m breaking some rule in the professional blogging book. We are not supposed to talk about periods. We aren’t supposed to…
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“…And when somebody knows you well, there’s no comfort like that. And when somebody needs you, well there’s no drug like that.” - Heather Nova I was driving home this evening, listening to a “mix tape” cd from the first years after college. Overcome with emotion and thought, I pulled off the highway to the first Caribou…
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It’s not often that I’m enraged to the point that I have to calmly put my ultrabook down, pace up and down the stairs and try not to wake our sleeping children. I needed to think… how could someone keep perpetrating the myth that it’s ALL the fault of single mothers? I’m reminded of the…
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