Dear Heart,

Well, our time together is coming to an end. I don’t know when, but you will soon be leaving me. I’m having a really hard time saying goodbye. You’ve been the center of my life for 41 years. Every decision I made had you factored […]

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Happy Suckiversary to Me!

Over the course of my adult life, June has not always been very nice to me. I don’t have the best track record with avoiding hospitals in June. In college, I started getting severe atrial fibrillation in June and spent almost six weeks in the […]

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Dear Husband,

Congrats; you’ve survived two months of being legally bound to my medical mayhem! As we stood in that gazebo, you became more than just my husband. You officially became the next of kin of a chronically ill person; the person viewed as my primary caregiver, […]

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Happiness Is Hard Work

So, I realize now that I may kinda suck at this whole blogging thing…another six months has passed since my last blog post. I still want to write my blog. I still have A LOT to say about life as an adult congenital heart patient […]

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Slammed Doors and Open Windows

“When God closes a door, He opens a window.” Everyone loves to look out a window in anticipation of what’s coming. Waiting for grandma to arrive, keeping an eye out for the UPS man with your Amazon package, watching for your loved one to come […]

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ASSumptions

I grew up in the Midwest and currently live in the South; two areas that are known for their politeness. In the Midwest we barely bump into someone and out comes “Ope! Excuse me” without pause. In the South, it’s a constant parade of “Yes, […]

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Living My Best Life

So, I’m realizing that when you write a blog about your struggles with a serious chronic health condition and you don’t write anything for five months that people start to worry that you’re dead or mostly dead. Rest assured, I am still alive and still […]

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