Brooklyn's Drawing

Strength… #forthewrightreasons

August 21, 2019…it was just another time of crazy happening…this time to fix the 99% blockage in your heart. I was scared. The odds were stacked against you. It was then that you held me in your arms, and comforted me instead of the other way around. You told me during that embrace that you weren’t scared of the outcome because either way you would be healed on earth or healed and in Heaven. My anxiety was so high and you held me as I cried…you did everything you could to reassure me that there was so much peace in your mind and heart and you showed me what true strength looked like. We took this picture, because I was afraid it would be the last time I would get to see you. Through my tears you comforted me, as any mother would, but that day, you showed me what compassion felt like. You fought so hard those next few days - especially the next, when you coded from losing so much blood...you fought so hard the following 6 months for everything to be the best you could make it...

January 6, 2013

Mom was finally moved to an intermediate care room last night as she continues on the path to recovery. The results of her cat scan from the other evening were good - confirmed no stroke. However, her speech is still slow and you can tell she's confused so they did an EEG today. She's having some difficulty answering some simple questions such as 2+2, her birthday, and what month it is. She does know that its 2013 but I think thats only because we told her (a few days ago though...). She did tell me on Friday that she doesn't understand... "can't fathom 2013". We went to see her today on our way home. The kids (Trey, Morgan, Liberty, Hailey, & Brooklyn) finally got to see her as well! We are hoping that it will help with her recovery. She did perk up just a bit but not like I had hoped. However...I still have hope as she had a pretty exhausting day with the EEG test. She looked tired! She's not sleeping very well...she told dad a few days ago that she...

Cleaned Up Cosmic Brownies

My 10 year old son and I made these AMAZING Cleaned Up Cosmic Protein Brownies this past weekend and I just have to share them with you!! These healthy protein brownies are easy to make, fudgy, moist, grain free and have a rich chocolate flavor. They're made with almond flour, coconut sugar and protein powder (we used Chocolate Vegan Shakeology) for a healthy treat! Prep: 15 minutes mins Cook: 25 minutes mins Total: 40 minutes mins Makes: 16 brownies Wet Ingredients: 1/2 cup refined coconut oil 3 eggs 3/4 cup coconut sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup heavy cream Dry Ingredients: 3 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (divided) 1/2 cup chocolate protein powder 1/3 cup blanched almond flour 2 tablespoons cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt Candy bits (found here ) Instructions: Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit. Line an 8x8 pan with parchment paper and set aside. (For a thinner brownie, you can use a 9x12 pan) Combine 1 cup of the chocolate chips (keep the other 1/2 cup aside for now...

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