Nat’s Blog

Five years ago today, I was in surgery to have my cancer removed. We were just at the start of a very long journey. We had no idea what was in store for us. We were lucky. It could have been a completely different ending. At the time, it seemed, we may have been handed Read more

This is a non-traditional homecoming picture.  I love it so much.  There are no fake smiles.  Just a girl with the basketball that she is so comfortable with and a boy pretending that it is a soccer ball.  Look at their smiles! When Josh told me that he was planning on asking Hope to the Read more

I haven’t posted in a few weeks. July was a busy month for me and I’ve been so tired.  I wanted to use August to soak up every last minute of summer with the boys, but the truth is I didn’t. I wanted to go on unplanned adventures. I wanted to take each of the Read more

This picture was taken the week that I met Jill Tomb.  My good friend Barb Hauge had introduced us.  The three of us were on a planning committee together.  We were organizing a Luau to celebrate our oldest son’s graduation from East Pike Elementary school. Back then I said “yes” to everything.  I had agreed Read more

Josh and I went on a road trip last week. We were meeting Ben down in Pittsburgh for a soccer game at Heinz field. But none of that has anything to do with this story. I tend to give too many details. Lol Anyway…the GPS was taking me toward Monroeville and I wanted to go Read more