It’s been 5 months ago today I had major abdominal surgery. I am grateful for how well it turned out.

Going into surgery is not a light and easy decision. It hasn’t gotten any easier with this one either, my 4th major surgery.

I recently shared a social media post about happiness. Happiness can be a fleeting thing that you always have to work on. We all know from this last year, our routines, comfort zones, and happiness can be disrupted in the blink of an eye. While I still have faith, we can get it back again, that doesn’t make it any easier to move forward when we get stuck in the mud. When the shit seems to hit the fan and spray directly in our face, at first we might be able to say, I can hand

This post starts a series of blog posts and YouTube videos I will be doing to help me cope with the newest health issue I am having and the first time Joe and I are dealing with it while living the #vanlife. My hope is this series will not only document and help me deal with the emotional and physical ups and downs of the pain and challenges of another surgery, but that I may use this experience to help others that may be concerned with "what if this happens while I'm on the