It’s not, ‘Oh, I can’t ride that roller coaster because I have a heart condition!’ It’s a PART of my life, it doesn’t DICTATE my life. My friend Ayana nominated Cassandra, knowing that she had heart surgery and is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle, in part so she can stick around for her little […]
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Focusing on other people and their challenges, and finding ways to serve, and finding joy in the moment really helps me push aside those thoughts that are all about myself. This episode is a continuation of last week’s story. You can watch part 1 here. Merilee kindly shared some of the feelings and experiences from […]
That became something really important as a mom. To not become angry. To not become bitter or resentful for the challenges that seem to come just one on top of the other, but to still find joy. Turning lemons into lemonade has never been such an understatement as when referring to Merilee. After living in […]
We joke that it is our 3rd child. Diabetes is just another member of our family. It sits behind us in church. It is present in family pictures. It accompanies us on family vacations… Emily is articulate and passionate and was such a joy to interview. We have a mutual friend, Cortney, who thought we […]
We were pretty vulnerable. We allowed them to see the sides of us that even we didn’t want to see. And that it was okay, this was part of the journey to figure that out. My husband worked closely with Michelle for about two years, and has consistently said she is one of his favorite […]
No one feels like they’re going to be disliked because of that, or judged because of how they choose to do it, because that’s just not the spirit of the group. It shouldn’t surprise me that one triplet mom’s story is entirely different from another, it’s not like any singleton mom has the same story […]
