by amanda3olives | Aug 8, 2017 | bereavement, Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, counseling, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, grieving, hospice, lynch syndrome, Non-profit, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
I have a secret to tell you. It’s not going to be easy to hear but I know it to be true. You’re going to die. I can’t tell you when or where but it’s going to happen. This is it. No pressure, but this is your life. It’s scary to think...
by amanda3olives | May 1, 2017 | Baby, bereavement, Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, Chicago, colon cancer, counseling, Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, grieving, lynch syndrome, Non-profit, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
Kids are resilient. They wear their feelings and raw emotions in ways that more grown-ups could learn from. This weekend we got a chance to celebrate some pretty amazing little people, my sweet 3 year old was one of them. Our tiny dancers A family affair. Kids...
by amanda3olives | Mar 2, 2017 | Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, counseling, Family, featured, Fitness Retreat, grief, grieving, Lake Las Vegas, one fit life, one fit widow, Travel, Widow
Grief, depression, heartache and sadness. They roll around like dice, one landing firmly in place and the other balancing on edge making it nearly impossible to see what the exact emotion is you have to play with. It’s a heaviness, a pressure sitting on your...
by amanda3olives | Jan 14, 2017 | Baby, bereavement, Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, Family, fatherless children, Foundation, grief, hospice
November 16, 2014, I watched the love of my life take his last breath. I didn’t cry. I didn’t scream. I stood quietly watching the world move around me and I stood still. I don’t even think I realized what was happening, or I did and could not bear...
by amanda3olives | Nov 28, 2016 | bereavement, Cancer, caregivers, Chemo, grief, modern widows, Widow, young cancer patients, young cancer wives
“Do the reindeer live with daddy?” her little voice asked from the backseat. Before I had a chance to pull the dagger from my heart, she hit me with another one. “What if I’m superman and I fly to the sky and get daddy?” I could see her...
by amanda3olives | Aug 21, 2016 | Baby, bereavement, caregivers, Chemo, colon cancer, counseling, Family, fatherless children, featured, Foundation, grief, hospice, lynch syndrome, modern widows, Non-profit, Widow, young cancer patients
I have a little sign sitting on my shelf just above the wine glasses and next to my husband’s ashes that says, “Life’s not about waiting for the storm to pass but about learning to dance in the rain.” I keep all of these little notes around the...
