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Glad you're here! 💜 From Evolution to Survival: navigating the beauty and challenges of midlife all while fighting glioblastoma terminal brain cancer with grace and dignity.

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Rethink Your Resolutions

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 2, 2023  •   Leave a Comment
To “resolve” to do something is to decide firmly to make it happen. To be “resolute” is to be determined and focused. A “resolution” is the statement we make declaring what we’re about to do, often a change we want to make. Is making New...
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Women. Compassion. Support.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 31, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
“Do you follow her on Snapchat? Did you see her kids running and playing outside in the snow? She has two of the cutest dogs, but her cat video put me over! It was on her story. Her husband travels. Did you see how thrilled...
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Don’t stop dreaming.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 30, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
I don’t believe in placing a moratorium on dreams. Dreams should be plentiful regardless of your age, how much money is in your bank account, or whether or not you went to college. I don’t care if you are fit and spry, arthritic and slow,...
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Faith Over Worry

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 29, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
Sister, you can’t worry AND rely on faith at the same time. You’ve been worrying, and that’s fine. Now…enough of that. Remember that worry places focus on the worst possible outcomes. Faith focuses on desirable outcomes. Which should fill your head and heart? Lean on...
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Exposure Therapy

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, December 28, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
Exposure Therapy. Do y’all know what that is? It’s what it sounds like. It’s when you’re forced to do something, face something, experience something, to be able to move past it. You move past it by exposing yourself to it, then realizing nothing really comes...
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We always have a choice.

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, October 25, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
We always have a choice. Always. We can choose to respond or not respond. We can choose action or complacency. We can choose courage over fear. We can choose gratitude instead of lamenting the things we don’t have. We can choose starting over or hanging...
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Salty About Menopause

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, October 14, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
I’m salty. I am real damn salty about menopause. I don’t even like the word. I don’t like saying it. I don’t even want to talk about it. They need to come up with another word. The mere mention of it chaps my hide. Salty....
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The Dance Season Begins

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, October 2, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
I’ve had coffee this morning, and we enjoyed some cresent rolls and homegrown honey. I’ve ordered groceries. Meals for the week are planned, too, so I’m hoping the order gets filled completely. Keith is assembling some new cubbies for the dance room. I’m about to...
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Emotions In Check = Less Pain

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 21, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
I did something this week that I often have a hard time with…I kept my emotions in check. Yeah, it’s worthy of celebration, right?! Go, Me! Follow me on this…you KNOW something to be true, but it takes life happening, experiencing hardship, and un-learning and...
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Out of the Mud At Last

In Stories & Reflections  •  by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 12, 2022  •   Leave a Comment
Y’all ever stepped in that kind of mud that sucks your foot right up, and you lose your shoe? You can’t go on. What do you do with your sock foot? How do you get your shoe unstuck and back on without getting completely muddy?...
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