I have had many new people come to my site within the past week. Welcome! That’s really exciting  and I look forward to getting to know you.

I have had some questions asked to me why I blog:

“Don’t only stay at home moms do that?

“Are you a chef?”

“Are you selling something?”

The answers to all of those questions are a resounding “No!” I have only been blogging for about 3 months, but so far I feel a sense of freedom that is beyond liberating.  And I have been overwhelmed at how welcoming and helpful the blogging community has been. Here is a combination of earlier posts and pictures for you to get to know me a little bit and to why I have entered the blogging universe.

“You should write a blog about cancer”. If I had a nickel for every time I have heard that statement over the past 6 years. My reply, “No, thank you.” When in all actuality, I wanted to respond, “Heck no!” You see as a cancer survivor I want to stay away from all things cancer. Maybe it’s fear, maybe it’s too heavy, maybe I just don’t want to go back there. You see, I didn’t survive cancer to live with it anymore. I survived cancer to grow old with my husband and children and to live life to the fullest. Stuff to do you see. People to meet. (more…)

Shortly after I finished nursing school in Louisiana, I moved out of state. It was the summer of 1995. I had been a nurse for only 3 months and secured a job in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at a nationally known transplant center. I was a mere 20 years old and knew that an amazing road was awaiting me. (more…)