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You Make It Feel Like Christmas Merry Christmas! Since my last post, I’ve been focusing on not only appreciating this holiday season but also recognizing the gifts I’ve recently received. If you’ve been following this blog, you know that the past year—or two, or even ten—has been challenging. While things still aren’t exactly where I want them to be, I can see signs of transformation toward something much better. In the meantime, I’m trying to practice patience as everything unfolds, and I was pleasantly surprised to receive what feels like a reward for my efforts. In the past month, I’ve been given not one, but two completely unexpected gifts. The first was tickets to the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, which we soon realized was nothing short of a miracle. Now, don’t get me wrong—it took a lot of work: applying for a Capital One card, pre-registering for Ticketmaster weeks in advance, spending two long days “in queue” waiting to click on the first available seats, and enduring long text chat...

Fight Song/Amazing Grace Recently, I saw a picture pop up on our Google Home that reminded me it’s been ten years since I went through cancer. I remember that Thanksgiving Day at my sister's house vividly. I still had a few radiation treatments to go, but I was done with chemotherapy and grateful to have my taste buds back to enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner. I was also thankful for wigs since my hair was barely half an inch long, and, of course, I was grateful to be there with my beautiful girls. I wanted to take a picture to celebrate moving forward, but I couldn’t find my husband, so I took one with just me and the girls. In hindsight, I think it was better that way, as my marriage wasn’t doing well. Looking back, I realize I had a lot to fight for back then. I had spent the previous year battling for my life, and now I was fighting to regain my physical and mental strength. I knew that if I wanted my marriage to work, I would also have to fight for that. Little did I know that ove...