This school year looks very different for me. Instead of being in the classroom, I’m home focusing on healing from breast cancer. While I know this is the best thing for my health, one of the hardest parts is being away from my students. I’ve […]
This blog post was originally written and shared as a guest blog post for Dave Burgess Consulting Inc. The other night, I was reminded, yet again, of the power of relationships. My son Brecken’s former teacher, Mme Kaylena, sent me a message on Instagram. She’d […]
Can I tell you something I never thought I’d share publicly? When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I had thoughts that felt so shameful and conflicting, I didn’t even want to say them out loud. Some days, I still question if I should. But […]
There’s something nobody really tells you about boundaries. They’re not just hard to set. They’re hard to keep—especially when you’re someone who values peace, kindness, and connection. Especially when you’ve been taught to consider others before yourself. Especially when you know that your silence might […]
On Monday, I had my lumpectomy. As you can imagine, emotions were running high: fear, anxiety, uncertainty… all swirling inside me as I changed into my hospital gown and waited for surgery (alone… that’s a story for another time). Every medical professional I encountered asked […]
When I started sharing my breast cancer journey on Instagram, it wasn’t something I had planned out in advance. It wasn’t polished or perfectly timed. It was just real. It was me, trying to process my own diagnosis—and realizing along the way just how many […]
Over the past few days, I’ve been sharing a deeply personal and important series on Instagram—one that was never part of the plan, but quickly became something I felt needed to exist. If you’ve been following along, you know that I was diagnosed with breast […]
There’s something about life-altering news — a diagnosis, a loss, a moment that knocks the wind out of you — that stops everything. The noise. The hustle. The pretending. The endless to-dos that once felt urgent suddenly fall away. What remains is a quiet clarity […]
I took last week off work. Not because someone told me to, or because I had nothing else to do—but because I am fragile.Because I cry at any given moment.Because I had appointments every day, or multiple a day—doctor, social worker, psychologist, even the dentist.Because […]
This past weekend, I took my boys—14, 12, and my 10-year-old twins—to see A Minecraft Movie. If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t have high expectations. I thought I’d just be along for the ride, tagging along into a world my kids are obsessed with, […]