They say when you’re given a gift, you should thank the gift giver. Here’s my thank you letter to Peloton.
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Every Monday on Greater Than, I share a Monday Motivation podcast that’s meant to get you thinking about a new idea or challenge for the week.
Today, I’m talking about journaling, and I’m challenging you to practice journaling every day for the next seven days.
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“My friend what just diagnosed with breast cancer. How do I help her?”
Whether she’ll be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery, this blog post will give you lots of ideas for how to support and serve someone facing a cancer diagnosis.
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It’s been a long-time coming. Shortly after we were married in 2008, Jennifer started law school, which meant that we signed off on loan after loan to get her through private school.
By the time she graduated in 2011, we had close to $90,000 in school debt. Thankfully, we had been paying some interest along the way, but it was still a daunting number.
Although we were in a dual income relationship, we weren’t organized with any kind of budget. Credit cards tempted us when we didn’t have cash on hand, a car loan became necessary after Elin was born, and we just got sloppy with finances. There was very little intentionality about any of it, and it started to make me anxious.
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Thursday, I wrapped up the physical aspects of my breast cancer treatment. I underwent "exchange surgery," where my plastic surgeon swapped out the tissue expanders he placed in my chest in August 2018 for permanent implants.
Or, as my kids have been telling everyone "My mom got new boobs!"
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Today marks the halfway point of the YMCA of the Triangle's We Build People annual campaign!
This is my second year serving as captain of the Preschool and Family programming team, and I couldn't be more proud to raise money for an organization that I've seen first-hard do good work for the people in our community. Here’s why.
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Today, meet a friend I’ve known since middle school. Between school and church, I’ve always enjoyed being around Emily. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious, her ability to encourage those around her is inspiring, and her strength can only be explained by her love for Jesus.
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Meet my fellow Wolfpacker, Chrsitie Baucom. Christie and I met as freshmen at N.C. State, where we’d walk over to BUS 200 together - ah, such simpler times! Over the years, we’ve been able to stay in touch (thank you, social media), and last year she was able to be an ongoing encourager for me during my cancer treatment because her family was slowly coming out of their own battle.
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Over the next few weeks you’ll be meeting some of my favorite friends and their inspiring stories. The idea behind the phrase “Greater > Than” is that we are all greater than the challenges life presents us, and we can get through them!
Today, meet a fellow Young Mom Against Cancer. Claren and I met in chemo, and, as it would turn out, our families go back decades and we’re second cousins by marriage. It’s crazy and we still can’t believe it.
I’ll let Claren tell her story…
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