Category Archives: My Family

Barbie Photo Shoot

*This post contains affiliate links. If you click through and make a purchase, I’ll get a commission at no additional cost to you. On Barbie Gets Real, I recently created a Barbie Photo Shoot of Grandma Barbie taking photos of her Barbie – The World’s Smallest Barbie. It was my most popular post to date....

Jesus Loves Me This I Know

I watched my husband, Ron, endure 12 surgeries in five years. Then I hurt myself taking care of him. Two weeks after our health insurance was cancelled, my doctor called and said, “Your severe pain is caused by a herniated disk. You’ll need surgery.” Soon after that, I had my first panic attack. I remembered...

Plan G – God’s Plan

I want to know the future. Actually, I want to control the future. I am a planer. I prepare. I love calendars. I had plans for my life. I started out working on Plan A, aka the perfect life. I soon abandoned that for plan B, that didn’t work out so plan C. A few...

O Me Of Little Faith

Three years ago, my life changed drastically when I became a full-time caregiver for my husband. My husband, Ron, had a number of medical conditions, the worst being a deteriorating spine that was unstable. On x-rays it looked like the collapsing columns of the roman coliseum. Though he had been in pain, he kept working...

NEW BODY TYPE

“Grandma,” Six-year-old Ever said,”You’re white and soft and sweet. Just like a marshmallow!”