2022-02-26 19:30
I'm an artist. I've never really believed those words, but I am. I always have been. First was ballet. I was never going to be the best ballerina. I have a barrel rib cage, a short neck… Read More
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2022-02-16 05:18
I'm at the tail end of GenX. Some might call me a #Xennial (a mix between #GenX and #Millennial). I don't really get it...Here's what I do get...I have a strong affinity for music that moves… Read More
2019-04-03 13:55
Dear Lizzy,I wish I could say that I have no idea how it feels to be a 14 year-old girl whose parents are divorced, with at least one of them remarried. I wish I could say that I have no ide… Read More
2019-01-05 18:14
Dear Parker Dean,Last week you asked me to play the song "7 Years" by Lukas Graham. I didn't even know that you knew that song. We listened to it a thousand times when it first came out, but… Read More
2018-12-14 17:55
Little Jimmy DickensDear Jimmy,It must seem funny that this family has come together like it has…and that love knows no distance of time or space. One day you will really get it. I ha… Read More
2018-10-30 16:00
Dear Bear,Today you are ten years old. On your third birthday, I wrote you a letter (http://beansbreastcancerblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/), thinking that one day you would stumble upon it. Oh… Read More
2017-05-28 04:30
Big sis Tiff always tells me that I have the strangest memory. I can remember conversations in detail for years. I can remember what people were wearing on the most significant days of … Read More
2014-05-28 02:44
I was in Montgomery this past weekend, visiting from Wisconsin. Jayme hosted dinner Sunday night in her backyard, and I have never been so pleased to be exposed to 90+ degree temps (and mosq… Read More
2013-05-27 17:13
Defining New Normal Written 6 minutes ago People often ask me if things ever go back to "normal." My answer is different every time because "new normal" is not only… Read More
2012-06-09 04:06
The Sun and the rain and the appleseedWritten 8 minutes agoFor some reason, after pouring my heart and soul out to the world for the last 12 months, I am having a really difficult time getti… Read More
2012-06-09 04:05
7 Year Itch?Written May 20, 2012 7:53amDear Nathan,When we met, I was 22 and you were 20. I never would have dated anyone my little sister’s age, so dating you was strange from the sta… Read More
2012-06-09 04:04
Dear Mama,It happened so much differently than I was prepared for. I knew when I felt that lump years ago that one day I would have to tell you that I had breast cancer. It happened in my he… Read More
2012-05-06 20:05
The FINISH LINEWritten 3 minutes agoAt a party in high school, I literally bumped into a friend of mine. If I remember correctly, I took an elbow to Gretchen - my right, natural breast. Li… Read More
2012-05-04 03:51
Hope and the "Twins"Written 59 minutes agoWhat an emotional week! I returned to work Monday, only to get sent home because I still had one of my surgical drains in. While it might sound… Read More
2012-05-04 03:51
Hope and the "Twins"Written 59 minutes agoWhat an emotional week! I returned to work Monday, only to get sent home because I still had one of my surgical drains in. While it might sound… Read More
2012-04-21 01:55
FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012 9:41 PM, EDTHey Soul Sisters!A soulmate (or soul mate) is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity… Read More
2012-04-14 19:06
SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012 2:51 PM, EDTDear PITAs...Farewell.Dear PITAs,I wanted to thank you for the space that you’ve created for Yvette and Shelby. They should be warm and cozy in tho… Read More
2012-03-31 19:40
SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2012 3:22 PM, EDTGod was hereThere are 3 places that I can think of any time as places that created the mold that is Bean – like most people these are home, school… Read More
2012-03-15 20:59
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012 4:52 PM, EDT The Queen BI can’t remember the first time I saw my first Barbie. I imagine with an older sister, it was at a very young age. But I fondly rememb… Read More
2012-02-25 02:06
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012 7:43 PM, ESTBad BoyfriendWhat girl hasn't had a bad boyfriend? You know the guy - he's a sweetheart, doting on your every whim in the beginning, and then puts his o… Read More
2012-02-12 23:54
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012 6:47 PM, ESTTaking the Long WayI have heard that it can be therapeutic for you to write a letter to your former self, and since I have made a habit of sharing my th… Read More
2012-02-03 04:00
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 10:30 PM, ESTOld Faithful AddendumWhen I look back on my blog from Tuesday, I can't even begin to say that I have done it justice. In the last 3 hours, I have recl… Read More
2012-02-02 13:26
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 7:44 AM, ESTExpander Half FullIt's no secret that when Dr. Hargis made the "Now, this doesn't really makes sense" face and dubbed my 32 year-old breast tumor an "o… Read More
2012-02-01 02:23
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2012 7:43 PM, ESTOld FaithfulIt was a standard hot Summer in Alabama in 1995. I was fit to be tied when I found out that Nannie was taking us on a "field trip" during th… Read More
2012-01-22 20:28
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012 1:41 PM, EST(Insert fortune here)...in bed!Mama used to take us out to dinner for Chinese about once a month when we were little. Every month she took us to the same… Read More
2012-01-21 21:56
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012 2:21 PM, ESTPollyanna, this is Anger...When we were kids, we watched a lot of movies. I still watch a lot of movies. In some circles (very small ones made up mostl… Read More
2012-01-12 02:03
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012 8:15 PM, ESTHigh MaintenanceWhen I first met Nathan, I was "dating" Jackson. Mind you, he was in Alabama, and I was in Wisconsin. I was living with Mama, and ther… Read More
2012-01-06 02:42
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 2012 9:42 PM, ESTMoonbeams Have Birthdays, TooDear Parker,Who could believe that one short year ago, you came into the world? Your Daddy and I laugh (and cry) about ever… Read More
2011-12-24 02:31
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011 7:56 PM, ESTA Baby Changes EverythingI remember sitting in the audience watching my first production of The Nutcracker. Joy Kennamer was Clara. She was a friend of… Read More
2011-12-15 18:16
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011 12:04 PM, ESTDear PITAs...Dear Tissue Expanders,I've been thinking. I need names for you. Problem is, I can't think of two names that can express what a royal pai… Read More
2011-12-10 00:58
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011 7:50 PM, ESTA Little Bit of FolkloreI was starting to think that the loss of Bess and Gretchen was clouding my creativity…but it seems that my return to &ldqu&hell…Read More
2011-11-28 20:56
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2011 2:35 PM, ESTTurkey and TasselsGaiam Pilates. Windsor Pilates. The Firm. Billy Blanks' Tae Bo. Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. Carmen Electra: The Lap Dance. The Meth… Read More
2011-11-14 19:03
I moved from Tuscaloosa, Alabama to Madison, Wisconsin on January 10, 2001. It was a miserable drive for many reasons. Mama, Jayme and I were all moving. And because we were all over the age… Read More
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