Struggles and Victories of a Small Town Girl
An Answered Prayer
I usually only go to the doctor when something major is happening to me that extra strength Tylenol cannot handle, like having a baby or a broken bone. Well this is about to get personal… I have been ignoring a lump on my breast for a couple of years. Since I now have good insurance,…
Florida Strong
Growing up in sunny Florida, you know that the months of June through October carry the threat of a hurricane. When you go to the beach and it feels like warm bath water, that is when things start brewing out there. I don’t tend to take the storms too seriously until they are given a…
Sweet and Sour
I have come to realize that I have to try very hard to be a nice person when I’m in pain. I threw my back out while walking our new 100 pound Labrador this week and I have been cussing like Tony Soprano ever since. I have been angry and irritable. I was laid up…
Light of Grace
I can’t be the only one that dreads their birthday! My birthday recently passed and the kids were still out of town and I was missing them like crazy. On top of that, my dad had an appointment for a bronchoscopy at the VA. In the past this would be the perfect storm that would…
Carson’s Cure
This little boy is Carson Dimsdale. He has been fighting AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) for 6 years, in and out of the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I have never met him but every picture and video brings me to tears like I have known him my whole life. His sweet little smile, dimples and glasses…
2 Years Sober
My 2 year sober anniversary was this past Friday. My sobriety still feels new, like this line I drew in the sand that can be crossed very easily. I still feel anxious around bars and big groups of people drinking, it makes me feel out of place in a place that used to be my…
Fired Up
Addiction has death gripped my family and friends from as far back as I can remember, some of them taken at the prime of their lives. As a kid, I could not understand why they let it get so far, why they couldn’t just stop, or why they left us behind heartbroken. Not until I…
Peace Be Still
Me and my mamas went on a Christian women’s retreat this last weekend and I already can’t wait to go back! As soon as we got there we registered and went straight to the lake, excited and giggly like little girls. The water was cold but me and my mom were determined to go down…
Eight Pounds Down!
Have you ever been physically stuck in a dress in a changing room and you start to panic trying to get it off of you?! I have. I hate shopping. I leave the store out of breath, frizzy hair, red in the face and feeling crappy about myself. I am still in the process of…
Change of Pace
I believe people change many times through out their lifetime. Sometimes it sneaks up on you and you’re at the fair riding the Ring of Fire wondering WHO is this person that is screaming at the top of her lungs for the duration of the ride embarrassing her children? The same person that has jumped…
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Struggles and Victories of a Small Town Girl 