Books
- Blush: How I barely survived 17
- Inesperado: 25 Devocionales Diarios de Adviento
- Unexpected: 25 Advent Devotionals
Posts
- 10 Favorite Stories from 2018
- 10 things to know about getting a colonoscopy
- 15 Years Later – God is my Healer
- 16 Candles (on my cancer survivor cake)
- 17 Reasons God Meant Colon Cancer for My Good
- 20 Year Cancerversary
- 3 ways I’m learning I can (when I want to believe I can’t)
- 4 ways I found workout motivation
- 5 lessons from my garden this year
- 5 tips for talking to kids about cancer
- 5 Ways I Rocked Self Care This Week
- 7 insights on homeless shelters thanks to Shelter KC
- 7 tips for working from home with a kid
- A Place to Be Me (FCA Camp in Pella)
- A Post about Mike #1
- A Week of Grief
- An Incredible Virtual Book Launch
- An Unwinding
- Answered prayers – A Guatemala story
- Article in Working Mother
- August 2018 Health Update
- August 2019 Health Update
- Austin Getaway
- Back to Everything
- Because She Was Rose
- Believe God Sees You — A Devotional
- Beyond the pain of infertility
- Bible verses about hope
- Big Earrings – A Devotional
- Christmas is for everyone
- Clothes not accessories | A Devotional
- Colon Cancer Stories – Mine, Yours & How to Find Them
- Colonoscopy #12 (with MiraLAX and Gatorade prep)
- Colonoscopy #14
- Colonoscopy #15 – the 2020 edition
- Colonoscopy Prep Night (and trying Plenvu)
- Danielle & Mae’s 10 Summertime Goals
- Day 31 of Stay at Home
- Dealing with negative body image issues
- Disney Princesses, Adoption & Blended Families
- Doris from the airplane – A Guatemala story
- Easter at Grandview Amphitheater
- Embracing the Happy – A Devotional
- Facing Racism of the Corner of Monroe
- Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel
- Fill your mind with truth – A Devotional
- Finding community changed sickness for me
- Finding God in a Crappy Week
- Finding the Words
- Fly Away: Facing my fear of birds
- Following the Cloud with Navah
- Following the Cloud: One Year Later
- Foster Care and Mental Health
- Fourth of July 2017
- From Scanxiety to Hopeful | A Devotional
- Getting Angry at God
- Getting the anger out – A Devotional
- Gifts for Cancer Patients (50 ideas!)
- God’s Going To Take Care Of Us – A Devotional
- God’s Naked Masterpiece
- Grandma Eva’s Black Figurines
- Guatemala or bust
- Happy Shelves
- He’s an Insanely Amazing Dad [A tribute to Mikey]
- Health care reform (a cancer survivor’s perspective)
- Heather with the Feather – A Tribute
- Here Comes Survivorship
- Here’s our 2020 so far (with pics!)
- Hey Cancer, FU! – A Tribute to John MacLeod
- Hollywood surprise: Mae’s 9th birthday (pictures!)
- Holy Tantrums – A Devotional
- House Church in Kansas City (Testimonies!)
- How to Find Joy – A Devotional
- How to not care what others think | A Devotional
- How To Resist Temptation | A Devotional
- How to Trust God When My Friends Are Dying
- I don’t feel brave
- I Survived Colon Cancer… And Camping
- I wasn’t there, but I’m here now.
- Introducing: The Holiday Girls
- It’s hard to be still right now.
- It’s OK to Love – A Devotional
- I’d like to thank…
- J-Pouch vs Ileostomy (Big Surgery Decisions)
- Kim’s “My Favorites” Party
- Lead Well – For leaders who feel squirmy about leading
- Let Others In – A Devotional
- Long Overdue Health Update
- Look forward – A devotional
- Losing the Health Privilege (get the link to my guest blog for Mayo Clinic!)
- Love the Poor | A Devotional
- Mae’s Favorite Pancakes Recipe
- Mae’s New Puppy – A Devotional
- Mama and Mae’s Epic Midwest Road Trip
- Mama Needs a Nap – A Devotional
- Mama, why was I adopted?
- Me – A Racist? | A Devotional
- Meet author Dr. Jamie Aten – stage 4 colon cancer survival story
- Meet Author Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage – The Waiting Room
- Meet author Kristina Smith – Widowed at age 25
- Meet author Molly McMaster Morgoslepov
- Missing the Starbucks Experience – A Devotional
- Mustard Seed Faith – A Devotional
- My Arrow Tattoo
- My Biggest Aha! from the Writer’s Conference
- My Favorite Biscuit Recipe
- My favorite blueberry pie recipe
- My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- My Favorite No-Bake Cookie Recipe
- My Favorite Overnight Cinnamon Roll Recipe
- My Favorite Sweet Rolls Recipe
- My first day of school as a mom
- New Ground – A Devotional
- New Hope (Get the link to my guest blog for The Upper Room!)
- Not Giving Up
- Not the News I Wanted
- Of Course I’m Jealous | A Devotional
- Offices, Due Dates and House Church Kickoff (A Navah Update)
- One Year Later: Facing my fear of birds
- Open Adoption Story (by a 6-year-old adoptee)
- Open Adoption Story (by our birth mother)
- Open Arms Open Wider – An Adoption Devotional
- Opening up about cancer again
- Oreos for Breakfast – A Devotional
- Out of the Box – A Devotional
- Passing the Baton on National Adoption Month
- Planning my own funeral (guest blog for the Philly Inquirer)
- Professor B
- Proud of being afraid – A Devotional
- Racism at the bank – A devotional
- Returning to the Magic of Colon Camp
- Road trip to heaven (A tribute to Ms. Linda)
- Saying Goodbye to “The Kids”
- Scared to Follow – A Devotional
- Season of Sunflowers
- Second opinions
- September
- Sick on my birthday
- Slow Down and Step Up
- Spring is Coming – A Devotional
- Sprint or marathon – A Devotional
- Stay strong, storytellers
- Sticky traps – A Devotional
- Stopping to realize what I’m passing down
- Surprise gift – A Devotional
- Surviving Christmas with no money
- Surviving colon cancer
- Surviving Marriage (15 pieces of advice from high school sweethearts)
- Surviving the Virus with Enough
- Surviving the Virus with Grace
- Surviving the Virus with Gratitude
- Surviving the Virus with Lament
- Surviving the Virus With Learning
- Surviving the virus | A Devotional
- Take Both Knees
- Taking surgery advice (and embracing the bowel diary)
- Thank you Nashville
- The 1.4% (an end of year giving campaign story)
- The 17 Day Diet
- The Balancing Act of Faith, Family and Career
- The Boss of Loss – A Devotional
- The Day The World Trade Center Fell Down
- The Golden Rule and The Enneagram Test
- The power of a post-abortion story
- The Red Shorts
- The Winding Vines of Self Doubt
- The year that didn’t go as planned
- There’s black people at the suburban restaurant
- This is 33
- This is 35
- To Life! – A Tribute to Dr. Tom
- To my caregiver Mike: What I hope you know
- To the End (What God had in store for my 18-year cancer anniversary)
- Today I went to a black church.
- Trusting God To Provide | A Devotional
- Two Languages | A Devotional
- We painted the room purple – A Devotional
- What 10 years of choosing “One Word” for New Years has taught me
- What a 12-day social media fast taught me
- What a little girl taught me about the border crisis – a Guatemala story
- What Distracts You? – A Devotional
- What my Fitbit taught me about vulnerability | A Devotional
- What to say to someone with cancer
- What two funerals taught me about the power of presence
- When God called me into something and then suddenly called me out
- When the Joke’s Not Funny
- Who’s paying?
- Why I chose Plenvu prep again
- Why Survivor Stories Matter
- Worth It – A Devotional
- Wow – my younger self was so bold.
- Writer’s Rejection | A Devotional
- Writing a book is like having a baby
- Writing My First Memoir – FINAL POST!
- Writing My First Memoir – Part 1
- Writing My First Memoir – Part 2
- Writing my first memoir – Part 3
- Writing My First Memoir – Part 4
- Writing My First Memoir – Part 5
- Writing my first memoir – Part 6
- Writing my first memoir – Part 7