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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment ." This is something we instilled in Trey from a very young age, yes you are on the spectrum but embrace your differences and just be who you are going to be.  Just part of our CFB crew for AMRAP 4 Autism So many things about this night were perfect that instead of a long somewhat sappy post, here we are and here we go................   The fact that we grew from 8 people last year to 27 participants this year was perfect.   One of our Crossfit "littles" stepped out of her comfort zone and did the event solo and she did an amazing job!  We are so proud of you ladybug!  This was Shannon's first crossfit "comp" style event and she rocked it like the rockstar she is!  Loved being her partner and watching her work her heart out. Michael showed up for support and to do the mini events like clean and jer...

  As cliché as this is   Man that rang true this weekend.  There is so much to share that happened in just 24 short hours that I need to just tackle the highlights.    I went in with the mindset of wanting to ride a certain amount of miles and was pretty hell bent on doing that.  At some point during the ride I was reminded to stop and smell the roses, enjoy the journey.  There was so much going on at one time and so much I would have missed if I stuck to my OG plan.  I would have missed out on the camaraderie, meeting all the wonderful people, listening to all of the stories, hearing the great music provided by so many bands, interacting with the great people that live in the Myers Park neighborhood and learning more about the beneficiaries.  I was in a place that it was ok to let my cancer flag fly and fly high and for the first time since I was diagnosed at 28 I felt like it was ok to be that girl and it wasn't going ...

&       There really are no other words to describe my attitude last week.  It came, it saw and it tried like hell to break me.    Let me start with Monday.  I had an appointment with my breast oncologist/surgeon.  I had in my head I was going to start a different plan of health with him (BTW, he's a new one for me as my original oncologist moved on) that would consist of adding MRI's every year and visits would now be every 6 months.  This, this is what I was prepared to talk about.  Talk about a blindside!  Where was Michael Oher when I needed him?  There was an introduction and then straight down to business.  He came at me with he was strongly suggesting I have a double mastectomy because my chances of reoccurrence are 40%.  He then goes on to describe how I am not a candidate for implants because of my prior breast cancer, the radiation I had and the damage it did to the tissue.  Next wa...

As I get ready for my next appointment today at Levine Cancer Institute I keep thinking about all the thoughts I had on my bike ride yesterday.  I started training for the 24 hours of booty at the end of July and the ride brought up things I thought should be shared to give people an insight into what it's like to be a cancer survivor and also someone like me (Cowden Syndrome).  Just because I've had the surgery and don't have to have treatment this time doesn't mean it just goes away.  1.  Doctor's appointments .  Just in June alone I've had 5 and have two more that I know of in July, this could change.  But every time I know one is coming up or I have one there is always the thought of what are they going to find now, a kind of holding my breath.  Now please understand this does not mean I live in constant fear but imagine having to go to the cancer center that many times in one month, it will mess with your mind a little.  And...

PSA:  If you don't have a sense of humor then you may get offended with some of the things that I say in this post.   Here I am 2.5 weeks post surgery, post follow up visits and the best outcome for this bout with cancer yet I still can't seem to sigh a sigh of relief.  I'm not sure I will be able to.  I really thought after the surgery and follow up visit I was going to be done with this oncologist.  Turns out that's not the case.  When I went in for the follow up I said so I'm done with you but do I have to still see my gynecologist?  Valid question, right?  His response was "why, you don't want to see me again??" to which I responded "well it's not like I do reoccurrence I dance with new cancers"(I don't have anything left so that's why I asked).  We all laughed but it was he who had the last laugh because turns out my chances of reoccurrence are elevated because of a syndrome I have (we will get to this).  I get to ...

"And now these three remain: FAITH, HOPE and LOVE . But the greatest of these is LOVE . This rock (courtesy of my brother) was from a jar given to me on my 40th birthday while I was going through treatment for breast cancer. Instead of make this insanely long post about the last couple of weeks I figured this was appropriate for a blog post.  Love, this is the best and most pure way to describe what it has felt like for the last couple of weeks.  Not to say I didn't feel it before because I have but it's been on a different level.  It's times like this that I draw the strength I need knowing the support system I have in place.  From my amazing family that was God given to the amazing family I picked out for myself I have truly been blessed.    I have two mantras that I have lived by for quite sometime, always leave someone better than you found them and  "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud".    I believe in bui...

I hesitated to write and share this but after much thought it's something that needs to be shared if for nothing else to hopefully give someone else that glimpse of hope and faith that they may need.  The "C" word has become a word that has been said and heard over and over in our house.  Last year my step-dad was diagnosed with a brain tumor.  Today he is doing great.  On Thursday, April 12th I got the call that I once again have cancer.   At the age of 28 I was diagnosed with two types of thyroid cancer, at that age there was a 3% chance of me getting this.  At the age of 38 I was diagnosed with breast cancer, at that age there was a 7% chance of me getting this.  Now at the age of 44 I was diagnosed with uterine cancer, a 5% of me getting this without my prior history and with was suppose to only be 10%.  They are finally going to do genetic testing.   Faith it does not make things easy It Makes them POSSIBL...

      Faith, Family and Crossfit Crossfit Charlotte and Crossfit Belmont team up once again! I needed a day to process the weekend's events before I could post anything and to save everyone from a long somewhat sappy post I decided to indulge in a long somewhat sappy blog post.  I also decided since it was MLK day yesterday I would save this for today. Saturday: I got up and left Belmont butt early to be in Greensboro in time for Angie and I to once again  tackle the War of the WODS competition.  This one was going to challenge us for sure because we had to do pull ups and rope climbs (or jumping rope pull ups which seemed much harder than just climbing the rope) but instead of deter us from going we decided let's go and see what we got!  And I love how Angie came prepared with a quote for the day, "Remember to always shoot for the sky, so if by chance you missed...