life lessons

Remember, Shut Up, Let It Go, See, Love: Brain Tumor Perspectives

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, January 1, 2025 • 1 Comment

I'm awaiting two moments: the one where I wake up and see Keith after surgery and the one when we are looking out across the vast blue waters of the Florida Keys. I'm counting on both of those moments. The rest we will figure out...

Learn & Love

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, May 1, 2024 • Leave a Comment

I had a migraine this morning. It started at 5:47 am, and I was awake enough to realize it was happening. It was as if I was purposely roused by The Universe at just the right moment to feel this wicked, little bubble of pain...

Don’t Save The Candle

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, September 14, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all know what I’m guilty of? Saving the candle. Don’t save the candle. I got this really pretty, super smelly candle for my birthday. It is sweet and fragrant. You almost want to eat it when you sniff it. Aaahhh! My dumb inclination is to...

The Spot

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 26, 2022 • Leave a Comment

It was July 22, 2015, when we found out Keith had colon cancer. The doctor called us on the phone after a routine colonoscopy. We were standing outside in the yard when I put the phone on speaker so we could both hear what he...

Life. Smacks. Peace.

In Stories & Reflections • by Amanda Herring, Writer, August 9, 2022 • Leave a Comment

Y’all ever get up and the morning and go about your business just to be smacked in the face with a big, fat truth?! Yeah. And the funny thing about that truth is that it was there all along. It isn’t new. It isn’t a...