Books
- 365 Days of Strength for Difficult Times
- 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 – Jehovah Rapha
- 16 Candles (on my cancer survivor cake)
- 17 Reasons God Used Colon Cancer for My Good
- 20 Year Cancerversary
- 2022: A Really Hard, Painful and Joyful Year
- 22 Years Ago
- 3rd Cancer’s a Charm?
- 5 lessons from my garden this year
- 7 insights on homeless shelters thanks to Shelter KC
- 7 Working from Home Tips (Especially if your kid is around)
- A Place to Be Me (FCA Camp in Pella)
- A tribute to Ms. Linda – Birth Grandma in our open adoption
- A Week of Grief
- An Unwinding
- Article in Working Mother
- Assuming the worst – A devotional on racism
- August 2018 Health Update
- August 2019 Health Update
- Because She Was Rose
- Before the Crash – Devotion about Distraction
- Bible verses about hope in hard times
- Big Earrings – A Devotional on Influence
- Book Launch Party Ideas – What We Did
- Can you live a long life after cancer?
- Cancer and marriage breakdown
- Cancer Was Worth It – A Devotional about Finding Joy in Suffering
- Christmas is for everyone
- 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)
- Day 31 of Stay at Home
- Dealing with negative body image issues
- Deep Down – A Devotional about Desire
- Disney Princesses, Adoption & Blended Families
- Doris from the airplane – A Guatemala story
- Easter at Grandview Amphitheater
- Facing my fear of birds
- Facing Racism of the Corner of Monroe
- Farmhouse Kitchen Remodel
- Fill your mind with truth – A Devotional on discernment
- Finding the Words
- Following the Cloud with Navah
- Foster Care and Mental Health
- Getting Angry at God
- Getting it out – An Anger Devotional
- Gifts for Cancer Patients (50 thoughtful ideas!)
- Grandma Eva’s Black Figurines
- Guatemala or bust
- Happy Shelves
- He’s an Insanely Amazing Dad
- Health care reform (a cancer survivor’s perspective)
- Heather with the Feather – A Tribute
- Here Comes Survivorship
- Hey Cancer, FU! – A Tribute to John MacLeod
- Hollywood surprise: Mae’s 9th birthday (pictures!)
- 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.
- I’m Great! – A devotional about happiness
- It’s hard to be still
- It’s OK to Love – A Devotional about Acceptance
- I’d like to thank…
- J-Pouch vs Ileostomy (Big Surgery Decisions)
- Kim’s Favorite Things Party
- Let Others In – A Devotional about Community
- Long Overdue Health Update
- Look forward – A devotional on hope
- Looking for Love – A Christmas Devotional
- Mae’s Favorite Pancakes Recipe by Inspired Taste
- Mae’s New Puppy – A Devotional on Prayer
- Mama and Mae’s Epic Midwest Road Trip
- Mama, why was I adopted?
- 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
- Mustard Seed Faith – An inspirational devotional for today
- My Arrow Tattoo
- My Biggest Aha! from the HACWN Writer’s Conference
- My daughter’s surprising good morning dance
- My Favorite Biscuit Recipe by Minimalist Baker
- My favorite blueberry pie recipe
- My Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies by Martha Stewart
- My Favorite Easy No Bake Cookie Recipe
- My Favorite Overnight Cinnamon Roll Recipe by Taste of Home
- My Favorite Sweet Rolls Recipe
- My first day of school as a mom
- New Ground – A Devotional on Security
- Not the News I Wanted
- Oddly prepared for home church
- Open Adoption Story (by a 6-year-old adoptee)
- Opening up about cancer again
- Oreos for Breakfast – A Devotional on Hypocrisy
- Our 10 Summertime Goals
- Our Open Adoption Birth Mother’s Story
- Out of the Box – A Devotional
- Passing the Baton – My last post about adoption
- Professor B
- Proud of being afraid – A Devotional on Fear
- Racism at the bank – A devotional
- Resist – A Devotional on Temptation
- Returning to the Magic of Colon Camp
- Saying Goodbye to “The Kids”
- Scared to Walk- A Devotional about Following Jesus
- Season of Sunflowers
- Second opinion for surgery – Glad I got it
- September
- Sharing my testimony with women in Guatemala
- Sick on my birthday
- Something New
- Spring is Coming – A Devotional
- Sprint or marathon – A Gardening Devotional
- Surprise Christmas Gift – A Devotional on God’s Love
- Surviving Christmas with no money
- Surviving colon cancer
- Surviving Marriage (15 pieces of advice from high school sweethearts)
- Take Both Knees
- Taking surgery advice (and embracing the bowel diary)
- Talking to kids about cancer – A Survivor Mom’s Perspective
- The 17 Day Diet
- The Balancing Act of Faith, Family and Career
- The Boss of Loss – A Devotional on Grief
- The pain of infertility
- The Red Shorts
- 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 – 18 year cancerversary
- Today I went to a black church.
- Trusting God To Provide – A Devotional on Finances
- We painted the room purple – A Devotional on Compromise
- 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 Is Ministry? — A Devotional
- What to say to someone with cancer
- When God called me into something and then suddenly called me out
- Where I was on September 11
- Who’s paying? – How and why to have faith in Jesus
- Why I chose Plenvu prep again
- 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
- Your Joke Was Not Funny
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