A Heartfelt Journey Waiting for a Transplant
My Life
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Graduation Is Here….
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≻: Graduation Is Here….And just like that… Graduation is here. After all the years of early mornings, late-night homework, practices, games, tournaments, sleepovers,…
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All 5 Are Home
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≻: All 5 Are HomeThere’s something so special about hearing the house get loud again. The random conversations from room to room. The laughter.…
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Closing One Season, Entering Another
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≻: Closing One Season, Entering AnotherThe school year is coming to an end, and somehow life feels both incredibly full and incredibly heavy at the…
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Graduation is Coming: The House Won’t Sound the Same
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≻: Graduation is Coming: The House Won’t Sound the SameI don’t think people talk enough about how loud motherhood is… until suddenly it changes. Not quieter exactly.Just different. For…
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Graduation in Coming: The Weight of “Lasts”
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≻: Graduation in Coming: The Weight of “Lasts”Lately, life has felt heavy in a way I can’t fully explain. Not just emotionally — physically too. My health…
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Graduation is Coming: The Last Game
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≻: Graduation is Coming: The Last GameThere’s something nobody really prepares you for about “the last game.” It’s not the schedules. Not the senior banners. Not…
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Graduation Is Coming: Letting Go While Holding On
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≻: Graduation Is Coming: Letting Go While Holding OnGraduation is around the corner…and this one feels different. This is my last of my bigs! My third son is…
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Capturing Spring Break: A Journey of Joy and Grief
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≻: Capturing Spring Break: A Journey of Joy and GriefSpring break came and went in a blur of noise, laughter, chaos, and quiet moments that hit a little deeper…
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Spring Break- The Joy in Everyday Life
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≻: Spring Break- The Joy in Everyday LifeSpring break has arrived!!! Like most things in this season of life, it doesn’t look the same for everyone. The…
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When I Feel Like I’m Not Enough
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≻: When I Feel Like I’m Not EnoughThere are moments in this journey of mine that are easy to talk about. The courage. The fight. The gratitude.…
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Grieving While Waiting
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≻: Grieving While WaitingWaiting for a heart transplant teaches you a lot about time. It teaches you how slow it can feel. How…
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Embracing Friday and the Weekend Ahead
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≻: Embracing Friday and the Weekend AheadSome Fridays look like deep breaths and slow mornings. Then there are some Fridays that look like… Mayo labsWork emailsSchedule…
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Emotional Road Trips
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≻: Emotional Road TripsMost people don’t realize how much of my transplant journey happens in the car. Not the procedures. Not the labs.…
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My Hospital Stays: A Personal Journey
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≻: My Hospital Stays: A Personal JourneyThere’s a version of hospitalization that people imagine—the dramatic rush, the stark sterile halls, the worried whispers.Then there’s the reality…
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The Transplant Journey Begins
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≻: The Transplant Journey BeginsBy the time the word transplant entered the conversation for real, I had already spent years learning to live with a heart…
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Living, Waiting, and Fighting Forward
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≻: Living, Waiting, and Fighting ForwardAfter that MRI, life became a series of balancing acts. It involved balancing faith and fear, strength and exhaustion, and…
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When Answers Bring More Questions
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≻: When Answers Bring More QuestionsLife had finally started to find its rhythm again.I was learning how to live with the device in my chest…
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The Emotional Whiplash of “You Look Fine”
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≻: The Emotional Whiplash of “You Look Fine”There are phrases we hear so often that they lose their weight and value to you.And then there are phrases…
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Finding Joy on Purpose
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≻: Finding Joy on PurposeJoy is not always effortless; rather, it often requires a conscious choice, especially during difficult times. Learning to find joy…
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If You’re Walking Through Something Hard
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≻: If You’re Walking Through Something HardThe post shares a personal struggle with the importance of recognizing and validating individual burdens, emphasizing that everyone faces hidden…
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Beauty In The Chaos…
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≻: Beauty In The Chaos…If you walked into my house on any given day, you’d probably hear laughter. There might be arguing over “any…
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In The Waiting
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≻: In The WaitingThere is a strange space between living and waiting… I’m still a wife I’m still a mom I’m still doing…
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What Organ Donation Is To Me
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≻: What Organ Donation Is To MeWe know the physical side of organ donation but have you ever thought about the other parts of organ donations?…
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Healing Ahead & a New Outlook on Life
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≻: Healing Ahead & a New Outlook on LifeWalking out of the hospital that day felt surreal. The air was crisp, around 65 degrees, the sky looked a…
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The EKG… The Stop… The Start…
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≻: The EKG… The Stop… The Start…Written on Oct 20, 2025 On February 1, 2017, I wasn’t feeling good at all. I knew something was wrong.…
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Here and There- Fair Warning!
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≻: Here and There- Fair Warning!As you join me in this beautiful thing called life, please know now that I will be all over the…
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