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“Signs”

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I painted the town red. Well, not quite ;) I went to the Allen Americans hockey game. But instead of wearing my jersey, I created this crazy shirt with the word “RED“ spelled out in little ball lights across my chest. ”R...

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I turned five today.

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I made bread. Which for anyone who knows me - that’s a big deal. Because I can burn a carb like there is no tomorrow.\n\nSo when I decided to take a sourdough class, the family got the fire extinguisher. I don’t do recipes...

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The novel of life is a curious thing filled with twists and turns and endings we don’t always see coming. 

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I went through fertility to get pregnant. Seeing “2 lines“ on the test was a dream come true. Not so much on a covid test. Especially as a double liver and kidney transplant survivor.\n\nGreg got sick first. Lethargic, con...

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I’ve been called brave. But I am not brave.

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“I’m never the reason we win. But I can be the reason we don’t lose.”\n\nThis is a poignant quote of a teenage select soccer goalie. He knows he won’t be scoring. He can’t put the team over the edge, but he can keep them i...

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I am having surgery tomorrow. Why? Because I want to - this time.\n\nIt’s scary. Going back to the same place you spent day and night praying you’d never see again. I can see my room - or rooms I should say - as we pull up...

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Meet “Lefty.” He’s my new kidney compliments of my sister Kimberly. And this is “Little One.” He’s the kidney who stayed behind to care for her. This is our story!

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I saved a life today - how? I wrote a blog.

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I was told to pick three things. I had made a list of ALL the ways I spend my time - The THINGS I HAD to do. The doctor was very clear.  If I lived through all this, I’d likely only have the energy to do three - what wou...

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When I read Nancy Reagan’s book \"The Long Goodbye\", it hurt my heart as President Reagan was a man I looked up to - and a president I truly loved. When we heard my father's MRI and cardiac results, a piece of me died, as...

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It's what you always kept me. When you were little it was the physical security - to prevent you from toppling over. Then as you got older, it was what you needed for balance as you learned to walk. Only to become the ne...

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/a-letter-to-my-daughter-an-arms-length-away","title":"A Letter To My Daughter: An Arms Length Away","summary":"It's what you always kept me. When you were little it was the physical security - to prevent you from toppling over. Then as you got older, it was what you needed for balance as you learned to walk. Only to become the ne...","date_modified":"2021-09-19T23:30:31Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/paying-it-forward","html_content":"

...a letter to the family of the person who gave me life.

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I don't post my life on social media. But my daughter did. 

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I don't think people would label me a religious person however I've always been deeply spiritual. I was raised in a Christian home with Christian values, but I don't think I really realized what that meant until I got si...

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\"Up: A boating term used when your skier planes on the top of the water.\"

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When you lose someone you love - it's devastating. The pain in your chest is unbearable - sometimes it takes everything you have just to muster the strength to make it through the day. And I am here to tell you - loss is...

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I love my sister. She is my best friend. We are 21 months apart - I've been in her life since day one. We grew up together. We played together. We fought together. We learned together. We'd do anything for each other. Ne...

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/when-a-shadow-steps-into-the-light","title":"When a Shadow Steps into the Light","summary":"I love my sister. She is my best friend. We are 21 months apart - I've been in her life since day one. We grew up together. We played together. We fought together. We learned together. We'd do anything for each other. Ne...","date_modified":"2021-01-25T21:53:41Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/a-eulogy-in-life","html_content":"

Why do we wait to tell people how we feel until their gone? I wrote a letter to my father when he fell ill. It began as a way to deal with the pain of losing him. I never meant for it to become his euolgy, but it did. So...

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I died. All medical indicators tracked that I would not make it. In and out of consciousness. Aware enough. Scared but at peace with the diagnosis. My mind had begun thinking about who I might meet in heaven... Then I li...

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I am not an organ donor. That was a true statement until February 2, 2019 when I received a new liver. \n\nThe reality is, the first time most people are even asked this question is when they get their drivers license. Unl...

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/my-story-as-a-transplant-survivor-began-with-someone-checking-y","title":"My story as a transplant survivor began when someone checked \"Y\"","summary":"I am not an organ donor. That was a true statement until February 2, 2019 when I received a new liver. \n\nThe reality is, the first time most people are even asked this question is when they get their drivers license. Unl...","date_modified":"2020-10-05T21:25:37Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-101-be-present","html_content":"

Being Present

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As a new manager I considered my team an extension of my family. My little chitlins, I thought about them as my children and treated them as such. Not in a condescending manner but more in a maternal one, in that I spent...

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-advanced-edition---love-languages-applied-in-life","title":"Love Languages Applied in Life&Workplace","summary":"As a new manager I considered my team an extension of my family. My little chitlins, I thought about them as my children and treated them as such. Not in a condescending manner but more in a maternal one, in that I spent...","date_modified":"2020-08-07T02:53:26Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-advanced-edition---confessions-of-an-extrovert","html_content":"

Are you comfortable with silence? Not the lull in conversation, but that deathening sound of  an empty home. When we find ourselves - just with ourselves - and the image in the mirror is just that - you. Do you like what...

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Have you ever been in a treehouse? High above the world as you know it - everything looks different from above. As a kiddo we use to scale the trees, wedging feet into any knothole we could find. Unafraid of falling we j...

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Sadly sometimes it takes something awful to reset, slow down and appreciate the most simple things. And sometimes amazing things - and new traditions and routines emerge from the darkness.

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Death is not an option when you have so much to live for. I never thought about mind over matter. A realist by trait I’ve always been fact driven. And the facts said that my liver was in complete failure and without a tr...

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/business-201-teaching-humility-through-adversity","title":"Teaching Humility Through Adversity ","summary":"Death is not an option when you have so much to live for. I never thought about mind over matter. A realist by trait I’ve always been fact driven. And the facts said that my liver was in complete failure and without a tr...","date_modified":"2020-05-03T23:38:55Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-201-3-tips-when-talking-to-teens-about-business","html_content":"

Biz 201: 3 Tips When Talking To Teens About Business. These are easy - It's why we are so bad at it. Study up. It's worth it!

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-201-3-tips-when-talking-to-teens-about-business","title":"Bus 201: 3 Tips When Talking To Teens About Business","summary":"Biz 201: 3 Tips When Talking To Teens About Business. These are easy - It's why we are so bad at it. Study up. It's worth it!","date_modified":"2020-04-24T07:24:55Z"},{"id":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/biz102-for-teens-what-if-we-fail","html_content":"

Bus 102 for Teens. What If We Fail? \"Young one - that's where we learn the most!\" 

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Teenagers see themselves as a brand. They follow social influencers on Forbes Billionaires List - and wonder if they could be them. But are we giving them the tools they need?

","url":"https://socialdistancenstyle.godaddysites.com/f/bus-101-for-teens-turning-quarantine-into-real-life-lessons","title":"Bus 101 for Teens: Turning quarantine into real life lessons","summary":"Teenagers see themselves as a brand. They follow social influencers on Forbes Billionaires List - and wonder if they could be them. But are we giving them the tools they need?","date_modified":"2020-04-21T09:35:42Z"}]}