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Embracing the Future: Moving Forward After Multiple Surgeries
Receiving the call this morning, I felt a mix of emotions flood over me. I’ve been scheduled for my fourth back surgery this coming Friday. While this news brings a sense of relief, it also carries with it a tinge of sadness. Since Thanksgiving of 2022, I’ve grappled with persistent pain and sleepless nights, and…
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Life Changes
My back problems have definitely been a major life event for me multiple times throughout my life. Sometimes these are good things, sometimes they are bad things. In June of last year I ended up having a Lumbar fusion surgery. I underestimated in a huge way just how life changing that would be. I came…
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Long Journey
Back in 2008 I hurt my back while I was in the military. In 2010 I had my first discectomy, followed by another in 2016. Then in 2022 (Thanksgiving night) I hurt my back again (sneezing is super dangerous!). Finally in June I had my third back surgery at only 34 years old. This time…
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My First Book
A few years ago I was posting a lot on Facebook. Now I am not talking about the craze of “I ate pizza for supper” or “look at this sunset”. I am sure I had enough of those most, but I am talking more about the posts that eventually led me to write the first…
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The Artist That Inspired Me to Continue My Journey
If you read my Hello World post, then you know that I was inspired to continue this journey based on a friend of mine who has a gift for art. Since she inspired me to continue this journey, I wanted to make sure I shared that gift with everyone! A little knowledge/insight into my background…
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Hello world!
This is my first blogging adventure! I created this blog because I have a dream of publishing a book that I started writing a few years ago. I have always been a writer on Facebook, writing posts that for quite a while I never knew if anyone was reading. After a while I decided to…
My Book writing Journey
A blog about how I started writing my book and my journey to finish it.