Well it's after 10 p.m. and I am just now sitting down to blog about how the 45 day sugar fast is going. Throughout the day I've wondered what to share.

And... well. It's day 8.

I did have chai tea today and afterwards I wondered if I'd accidentally drank sugar. I didn't intentionally cheat if it did. I'll stick to black coffee next time to stay on the safe side.

As far as other things to share - I thought I'd show you a few pieces of my day.

BIG NEWS!

First, I've been holding this exciting news back but today it's finally public.

If you don't know, I work as the Director of Communications for Fight Colorectal Cancer. I flew to Charlotte, NC in January to meet Kevin and Denise Jonas (mom and dad of the Jonas Brothers) and shoot a PSA with them. It was a trip I'll never forget - what genuine and radiant people.

PEOPLE Magazine was interested in the story and asked for an EXCLUSIVE - and today they used it to launch their new PEOPLE Health section.

As a gal who still gets giddy when talking about public relations - this was big news! For many reasons! You can read the article here.

Let's see - what else...

ICE ICE BABY.

If you haven't heard, Kansas City's been an ice box this week.

I hear there's more coming tonight (so if my power goes out and you don't hear from me tomorrow - that's why).

Mae and I took a little walk this afternoon to our downtown coffee shop to get out of the house. She began her icicle collection. I took pictures of iced-over bushes. It's cold and dangerous, yet powerfully beautiful and captivating all at the same time.

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THE CURE.

Last, I stopped to watch this video today.

I'm really glad I did.

I don't know if you're a person of faith or not. If you've got a lot of hesitations, I don't blame you. If you carry a lot of hurt in this area, I get it. (And believe it or not I've been there.)

But the way Kathy Lee puts into words the heartbeat of the Christian faith and how a relationship with Jesus works in her remembrance of Billy Graham is worth spending 7 minutes to watch this video.

She's totally right - there's a cure for the malignancy of the soul. A cure that goes beyond not eating sugar and all of the chemotherapy in this world.

A cure that's healed my heart and the hearts of so many that I love. A cure that can heal yours, too.

Check it out:

And that pretty much sums up Day 8.