Memorial Day weekend, 2018. My youngest Adelyn had just laid down for an afternoon nap, while my husband and older two children were out...

For those not familiar with me, a little back story. I began experiencing IST in 2013 in the 20th week of my last pregnancy at the age...

It all began with a late summer's day conversation with my dad. We were in the barn doing some chores when I discussed with him my...

Ten years ago next month began the most difficult decade of my life by far. What started as a benign, unnamed arrhythmia, wreaked so...

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and...

“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.” -Alexander Pope Expectations are a funny thing. You aren’t...

10. The healthcare resources you need are beyond the scope of the doctors and hospitals in your proximity. If you are in the 20% of the...

As a kid, I experienced it all the time. Most of us have. Who among us had the patience as a child to wait for the glue to dry on that...

It happened again. I've heard stories of people who say God speaks audibly to them. I'm not sure about that (other than in Biblical...

There are moments in life that happen completely out of the blue that force us to open our eyes wide, stand up straight, and take notice....

To state the obvious, I am a girl. A grown-up girl, but still a girl nonetheless. Volumes have been written on a girl’s worth and...

The song that comes on the radio at the perfect time. The text from a friend when you feel disconnected from the human race. The...

I was alone, driving north on the Chicago I-294 tollway, after a quick trip to Cincinnati ended in the failure to secure a cardiothoracic...

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle...

Six weeks post major robotic heart surgery is a big mark in the timeline of healing. It is halfway there in the orthopedic surgery terms...

Dear Dr. P, Ten months ago, I first met you on a telehealth visit, as I was referred to your care by one of my favorite physicians,...

My kids and I were discussing the Year 2020 in all of its infamous glory, when my 12-year old daughter said something fairly astute. “Mom,

I was sitting on a plastic chair in a doctor’s office in Plano, Texas, waiting anxiously for the doctor to tell me whether he would agree...

Yesterday was pregnancy loss day. I dedicate this story to Murphy baby #2 who I will meet someday and hold in my arms in heaven, and to...

According to Reuters, the average physician visit lasts 20 minutes. That’s the average. We know that some visits can be as short as 2...