Mondays and Tuesdays. Those are normally the most difficult and routine days of the week, filled with back to work, school and chores usually. It seems those two days are the least likely to be fun. Not so for me right now. Life has fallen pleasantly so that I'm spending Mondays and Tuesdays with our… Continue reading Baby Lessons
Author: drcindyr
Mom, wife, pastor, breast cancer survivor, writer, reader...
Five Years
Five years ago today I found a lump in my breast. I was 49 years old and completely unprepared for the journey that would follow. For some reason, I never dreamed that cancer could happen to me at that point in my life. In some ways I had it easy, only a lumpectomy, only one lymph… Continue reading Five Years
Lock Eyes and Smile
Even though it was 27 years ago, I still remember my daughter's first smile. I'd been giving and giving and giving to that child. I shared my body with her. I gave birth to her which was a pretty major endeavor. And then for those first six weeks or so it was that endless cycle of… Continue reading Lock Eyes and Smile
Healing
After six weeks of not driving and wearing a boot on my broken right ankle, the doctor gave me good news. He said, "I can see on the x-ray that your ankle is healing. Your body is creating new bone." He released me to remove the boot to drive and told me only two more weeks… Continue reading Healing
Cultivating Attentiveness
I write about some things over and over. I know this. I'm writing to myself, of course. I do the same thing when I'm preaching, speaking or telling stories. I absolutely know that I have recurring themes. Cultivating attentiveness is one of my favorites. The reason I re-visit it so often is that I have not at all mastered… Continue reading Cultivating Attentiveness
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