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Specifically Speaking · 2W ago

To Everything There is a Season–Part 2

Has it been almost a year since I posted?  Holy Smokes!!  I found Seasons Part 2,  but if you need to get caught up a bit, here’s the link for Seasons Part 1:  http://wp.me/prf6k-eQ  Let me know if the link is messed up or I won’t know to fix it.  I promise it won’t be [...]
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

It’s Coming…

I’m swamped.  To those of you checking in–yay!  Boo that my post isn’t here yet.  Tonight!  Stay tuned…:)
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

To Everything There is a Season–PART 1

SEEING RED Written on 5/8/11 (flashback) Summer ’09 was the worst summer of my life—to date. The diagnosis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and subsequent mastectomy had left me angry at the world and seriously depressed. So much, in fact, that it was all I could do to get through my days with all the [.
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

Shame on You!

I did it again. I came back to my blog, said I was ready to write again, then got yanked away. I’ve fallen into old habits of getting pulled in too many directions. Being spread too thin. Doing more for others than I do for myself. I know this and can recognize it, but always [...]
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

Pink at the Rink

This past Saturday, November 6, 2010, the IWireless Center here in Moline, IL turned the rink pink for a night for Quad City Mallards hockey game to raise awareness for breast cancer awareness. Anyone that has or has had breast cancer was eligible for free tickets. Since I have only ever been to one
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

1 in 8

After months without posting, I dived into my blog once again this past week. The peace writing brings me along with the tinkering of widgets, layouts and uploading pictures is so meditational for me and that is huge in terms of quieting my brain. This was originally intended to be an outlet for me.
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

Farewell, Chaotic Soul

As you can all see, I am overhaulin’ the site. New look, new outlook, new set up, etc. Just fresher, more appealing to my eye and hopefully yours. It’s been quite some time since I’ve written. Not that I don’t think about it at least 500 times a day. It just seemed like when I [...]
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

I Run for Life…

It’s that time of the year. Race for the Cure. I have been looking forward to it for a year now. When I walked my first race last year, I had just undergone my first chemo treatment and the start of my second; I had suffered respiratory arrest due to the severe allergic reaction I [...]
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Specifically Speaking · 1Y ago

The Financial Fallout Begins…

Wow! I am really amazed at how much time has flown by. I imposed a blogging hiatus after my last surgery. I had to…didn’t want to…just had to. Just a few days after my last surgery back in January, my winter classes started back up. Last year, I was in freak out land. I was [...]
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Specifically Speaking · 2Y ago

Today is the Day!!!

It’s here!! Today!! I finally get my new boobs today!!!!! My real ones tried to kill me and so, by the time you all read this–I will be headed into surgery. Wish me luck, say a prayer, leave comments on my blog (even though I’m super behind in writing-p), and chant my mantra–Go Big or [...]
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