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Dear 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine hell was NOT on my vision board! I don't know about all of ...

You left ... and forgot to tell my heart how to go on without you ... As I sit here, ...

Extra, extra, read all about it! The cold and flu season is going to start early and be particularly awful ...

I started this blog over two years ago to share a story ... a story of a journey I never ...

Rain, rain, go AWAY! It has been rainy, chilly and downright gloomy here the last couple of days and to ...

Happy Birthday, Layla! Today is your 14th birthday, second birthday at Rainbow Bridge. I miss you every day, Boo Boo ...

This story starts with, "A Year Ago - August 17" ... August 17, 2015 - It was ultrasound day (I ...

I am completely and 100% obsessed with detox water this week. I cannot get enough of this stuff and have ...

May 1 was always a big deal in our household. Why? It was Layla's birthday of course! We would celebrate ...

It's a cold and rainy morning again in West Lafayette, IN, but we're heading out early to drop our precious ...

Before I start this post, I have to mention that before we even left for Indiana, I was washing some ...

A year ago today around 3:45 pm, our little family headed down to Indiana for a clinical trial at Purdue ...

Hello Monday, I have been waiting for your return since Saturday afternoon. I woke up feeling excited, nervous, hopeful and ...

It was a warm, sunny and lazy Saturday morning. My mom was visiting because of the Easter holiday and we ...

It was a sunny, remarkably warm Thursday in March and Layla was due for her fourth round of chemotherapy and ...

A year ago today, Layla had her first chemo treatment. In the 14 days from the time we found out ...

A year ago today ... the day that all the shock, sadness, anger, pain and information overload the past week ...

Friday, January 8, 2016 - This is all too raw for me today ... please forgive this short entry. Much ...

I refer to a year ago today as "that day" - the day I will never forget and long to ...

Finding out my beloved Layla had cancer, changed my life forever. This is the story of our journey. If you ...

A year ago today was the first day of the worst year of my life. It was the first day ...

Conversation at our house on Saturday morning. Husband - "I'm hungry … there's nothing to eat in this house!" Me ...

Now I have heard you CAN live in Wisconsin without loving cheese or beer, but I wouldn't recommend it! If ...

I NEVER entertained the idea of DIY toothpaste, but then my husband holds up a brand new tube that was ...

I absolutely LOVE all things coconut for homemade bath and body products ... coconut milk, coconut cream, coconut oil, coconut ...

First thing you do? Allow a day or so to freak out - cry, scream, punch a pillow, wallow with ...

UPDATE - 12/31/2015 Layla went to Rainbow Bridge on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 8:30 am. It takes every ounce ...

I despise doing the laundry. It is that ONE chore I would hire out (if I could afford it). Endless ...

SAVE YOURSELF from those powder/gel chemical pods and liquids used to clean your dishes! We wouldn't think to pop one ...

It's time to get serious here about ridding your home of toxic chemicals. One easy way to ditch the chemicals, ...

I loved Goulash as a kid. As an adult, I could never find a recipe that quite tasted like the ...

Happy Mother's day to all the wonderful Moms out there! Moms are special - selfless, loving and hardworking. They give ...

Could I PLEASE live in a plastic bubble? I sit here and watch as lawn care company after lawn care ...

Good morning friends! Woke up this morning to 60+ degrees, sun shining, birds chirping, ah ... it is finally Spring ...