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Texas Strong Goes Maroon for Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month

In recent years, two of my Texas Aggie friends, Carrie Giles Freeman and Megan Morley Haverland, have lost their fathers to a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Prior to their parents’ battles, I had never even heard of the disease. Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month A few months ago, Carrie, Megan and I decided […]

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Living Bravely: Guest Post at Radically Broken

I’m so honored to be guest posting today in my sweet new friend (and fellow Aggie and For the Love launch team member) Claire Mummert’s Living Bravely series at Radically Broken: I never thought I would write about my stepmother on a blog dedicated to my mother. To be honest, Karen and I got off on the wrong foot.  I […]

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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Faith Marriage Motherhood and Parenting

2014: Learning to Live Courageously

Often, on New Year’s Eve, I publish a post filled with photos and happenings from the past year.  (Here are the posts from 2012 and 2013.) A look back at last year I’ve been putting off the 2014 post because it is difficult to write.  Earlier today, I re-read the Bible verse for the 2014-2015 Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) […]