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29/04/2026

What are you passing up??

Most people miss the moment because they’re waiting for the perfect time. Life doesn’t announce its turning points—it whispers them. The opportunity you’re praying for often shows up disguised as inconvenience, fear, or discomfort. While you’re rehearsing tomorrow, today is slipping throug...

27/04/2026

14/04/2026

📆 Monday, Post-Op Day 44

I didn’t expect this part of healing…
The exhaustion.

I’ve begun sleeping 10–15 hours a day.
And at first, I questioned it.

“Am I doing too much?”
“Why am I this tired?”

But now I understand:

My body is doing the work I can’t see.

Healing isn’t just what happens on the outside.
It’s happening internally, constantly, quietly.

And rest?
Rest is not optional.
It’s required.

So if your body is asking you to slow down…
Listen.

It knows what it’s doing.

13/04/2026

📅 MONDAY (DAY 44)

This Week’s 🎯 Theme: “Your Body Knows How to Heal—If You Let It”

13/04/2026

SUNDAY (PostOp DAY 43)

I’ve been quiet for a few days…

Not because I stopped healing—
But because healing asked more of me than I expected.

This past week was hard.

Procedures… setbacks… moments that pushed me mentally and physically.
And I needed to step back and go through it—not just talk through it.

But here’s what I want you to know:

I’m still here.
I’m still healing.
And something is shifting.

For the first time, my body is slowing down enough to rest.
I’ve been sleeping 10–15 hours…
and I’m learning not to fight that.

I also started physical therapy—
which feels like the beginning of a new phase.

Not just surviving…

But rebuilding.

So today, I want to open this space:

Ask me anything.
The real questions.
The ones you don’t see answered anywhere else.

Because if you’re walking into this journey—
You deserve honesty.

Drop them below or message me privately 🤍

12/04/2026

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Share this in your networks !!! has hit so many and sharing this information may help them ❤️‍🩹

08/04/2026

Post-Op Day 35

No one prepared me for week 4.

Not the level of pain.
Not the wound care.
Not the emotional weight of healing when your body is asking more from you than you expected.

This past week, I’ve gone through debris removal, packing, and silver nitrate treatments — and I’ll be honest, it has been one of the most painful parts of this journey so far.

This is the part people don’t talk about.

The middle.

The part where healing is not pretty.
Where progress doesn’t look like progress.
Where you question your body… and then have to learn to trust it anyway.

I’m sharing this because women deserve truth, not just transformation.

This is Lead as I Heal: The Reduction & Reclamation Series

If you’re in this part too — you are not alone.

05/04/2026

Post-Op Day 33.

I went quiet this week.

Not because I stopped healing… but because healing demanded more of me than I expected.

This week included wound care, packing, and a treatment called silver nitrate that was one of the most painful experiences I’ve had in a long time.

This is the part no one really prepares you for.

Not the decision.
Not the before and after.

But the middle.

The part where your body is doing deep work, and you are learning patience, resilience, and how to listen to yourself in a completely new way.

I’m still here.
Still healing.
Still learning.

And I’m continuing this journey with intention.

Going forward I’ll be sharing on:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

This is Lead as I Heal: The Reduction & Reclamation Series

If you’re walking your own healing journey—whatever that looks like—you are not alone.

28/03/2026

Today, I’m beginning to share something deeply personal.

I am on Post-Op Day 27 after breast reduction surgery, and my recovery has not been the easy, polished version so often shown online.

What I am living is real healing.
It has included pain, wound complications, packing, exhaustion, and the emotional reality of navigating recovery at 51 with other health conditions already in the background.

I decided to document this journey because women deserve more than highlight reels and before-and-after photos.
We deserve truth.
We deserve preparation.
We deserve community.

So today I am opening the door.

This series is called:
Lead as I Heal: The Reduction & Reclamation Series

I’ll be sharing the truth about recovery, what I wish I had known, what healing really looks like, and how I am learning to lead myself through one of the most vulnerable seasons of my life.

If you’ve been through this, are considering it, or need a place for honest conversation, you are welcome here.

05/08/2025

Ladies some of you may no longer be in active duty, but share this with someone who is! And remember as Veterans, we owe it to our sisters on active duty to share as much information as we can with them to arm them on how to be successful!

We Are Warriors!!

The sailor, assigned to the USS George Washington, was reported missing on Monday afternoon local time, and the Navy immediately launched a search effort in the Timor Sea where the ship was operating, a spokesperson for the carrier told Military.com in an emailed statement.