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We are going to end National Heart month with fellow heart mom, Sara's incredibly touching story about her beautiful daughter Lucy. Sara, who is also a blogger, spent February sharing touching photos of Lucy under the hashtag #RememberingLucy. We are blessed in the cardiomyopathy world to have Sara View Post
***Update February 2015** I have continued to follow Autumn's story for over a year now. She has had her ups and downs and a really scary close call just a few weeks ago. Beautiful Autumn continues to fight like a warrior and prove that she is a true miracle. Please read her story and support her View Post
This brave heart mom shares her "Heart Story" with us in an emotional account of how their daughter's CHD was discovered by chance - which in the end saved her life. There is hope after diagnosis, and this family is proof of that! Little Miss K's CHD went undiagnosed through the entire pregnancy, View Post
This "Heart Story" gives you a raw and emotional account of one family's early CHD diagnosis during pregnancy. The time in your life that is supposed to be filled with nothing but happiness and hope is all of a sudden exchanged with "what ifs" and more questions than answers. This mom wrote straight View Post
This “Heart Story” was sent to us by Cyndi about her son Philip Alan Henry. This beautifully written account of Philip's life also touches on the genetic aspect of Cardiomyopathy. The doctors, especially the ones not familiar with Cardiomyopathy, all too often write individual symptoms off as being View Post
We are going to kick off our series of “heart stories” with Emma’s Cardiomyopathy journey, in honor of all the brave little heart warriors fighting every single day - with every beat of their heart! February is “Heart Health Awareness” month. Heart health is so much more than eating a bowl of View Post
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias #SeasonofWriting How to Make a Woven Heart Teacher Gift I put the box down on the ground with a heavy thud. The kids immediately came swarming from out of nowhere. There’s View Post
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Heart Truth® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. We are moms, we are wives, partners, sisters and daughters - and we are caregivers. We care deeply, some times we care so much about others that we forget to care about ourselves. I belong View Post
As Mother Teresa once said: "a family that blogs together, stays together" - or something along those lines. With that quote in mind, here is a letter written by my mom to my sister and me! My mom had something to prove - to herself... and she did, with raging success! I am so proud of her - and View Post
I was recently given the opportunity to read “MY OTHER EX: WOMEN’S TRUE STORIES OF LOSING AND LEAVING FRIENDS” edited by Jessica Smock and Stephanie Sprenger, before its release on September 15. As a woman, mother, sister, daughter - I am well versed in the intricacies of the female friendship - View Post
Dear Hairdresser, You don’t really know me. We probably won’t get to know each other well. Unlike other women, I don’t have a stylist that I know and trust intimately with my locks. And regardless of the outcome of your work, you likely won’t become that for me. Please don’t take it personally. View Post
Please welcome our first guest blogger in the weekly “Pen > Paper > Heart" series. I asked a number of writers to put pen to paper - and write letters that go directly from their hearts to your heart. This week's blogger, Jenessa can normally be found writing on her blog at Mothering {In Real View Post
Books for Tween Boys There he stood, shoulders drawn up to his ears and his hands in the air. You know, the universal sign for "I don't know!" His answer was in response to my question: "what books are you reading these days!" You'd think I had asked him about the theory of relativity. But for a View Post
Moms, are you at risk for high blood pressure? What are the signs of high blood pressure? (It's a trick question, check the post for life saving answers.) A sincere “thank you” to the American Heart Association for the opportunity to work with them on spreading awareness of high blood View Post