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YOU ARE WORTHY

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 6, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Even when you don’t feel like it. I haven’t felt like it. I haven’t felt like posting. I haven’t felt like being upbeat. I haven’t even felt like being sad. I’ve been in this hibernation state where I just wanted to rest, just wanted to...
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JUST WANT SLEEP

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 3, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Sllleeepppp! All I wanted to do today was sleep! I am perpetually exhausted. Who knows why? Could be one thing or the combination of all the thousand things going on in a given moment. Keith brought Brady to the hospital to see me (we aren’t...
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IF I COULD BE ANYWHERE ELSE

In Glioblastoma Cancer, Inspiring & Encouraging, Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, July 2, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
If I could be anywhere else… I would be at Lake Ouachita camping with my kids and Keith, laughing around a campfire. Campfire smoke smells so good. I would be on Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village, NYC, on the look out for a place with...
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BRAIN SURGERY DELAYS AND POOP

In Glioblastoma Cancer  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, June 28, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
An update might be hard because the tremors in my right hand are through the roof. But here goes… It was a hard and emotional day. I made an attempt to get out of the bed and into the chair with Keith’s help, and I...
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Update!

In Glioblastoma Cancer  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 31, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Update! Mrs. Amanda is out of surgery and doing good according to her surgeon. He is pretty sure that he got all of the tumor. Now we wait, and pray,  as they send the tumor off to pathology to see if it is cancerous or...
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Brain Tumor Surgery Soon

In Glioblastoma Cancer  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 29, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
This precious girl got her braces off today! She has been a dancer at my studio for ten years, and I have gotten to love her through so many of life’s ups and downs. She is holding a yard sign to support me through this...
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Rambling Updates

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 23, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
I'll be coming into battle next Friday covered in armor and backed by a force that can't be beat. We have ourselves a new surgery date and a new countdown.
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I’ll catch up…eventually.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 12, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
Like a turtle stuck on his back, I can't really move, so I stare and count the minutes. I play this word game whereby I take a short word like "bowl" and come up with five words that begin with each letter.
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Grace & Dignity: It’s Hard But I’m Trying

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 6, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
"And, please...lift me up in my effort toward grace and dignity. When I'm struggling, it's easy to forget.  It's easy to plunge into the hole of self-pity and self-doubt. I have been there for a day or two, but I don't want to be."
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“Things I Never Thought Would Happen” for $1000, Alex

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 5, 2025  •   Leave a Comment
"Maybe I'm learning to never say "never". Maybe I'm learning that I'm good at jumping into action when something happens suddenly to someone else, but I also better be ready when something suddenly happens to ME. Maybe I'm learning about finding courage inside myself that...
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