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Diagnosed with Cancer: A Google Story

by Ashford - 5

Recently Google made waves with the launch of the ability to download your entire search history. It horrifies some people and intrigues others (like me). What secrets do you an Google share that no one else knows? It got me thinking. And it got me searching. And as I delved into my own personal Google history it told a story. I’ve written a lot over the last few months about our crash collision with cancer as my husband was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in early July. As I scanned through my searches it gave me a window into the whirlwind of surviving a cancer diagnosis. It’s not the typical story, but it’s an interesting spin. You can literally “see” the thought

Beer, Bathrobes, and #Brunchpants

by Ashford - 1

I was always one of those “misfit kids”. You know the ones who don’t really “fit” anywhere. I spent years and years honing my chameleon tendencies to fit any and every social situation. I could change my stripes at a moments notice. I could adapt to fit in everywhere but I never really belonged anywhere. I never could find a place with “the girls”. The trouble started in early elementary school when I found myself the fallen angel from the mean girls clan. This rivaled "The Plastics" (ala Lindsay Lohan) and would haunt me all the way through high school. I wasn’t a “girly-girl”- never had been. In kindergarten my best friends were boys and we spent hours climbing and falling out

A tale of two girls

by Ashford - 1

Once upon a time there were two girls. They were named Ashford and Lauren and although they were cut from the same cloth they were very very different. You see Ashford is ready for the world in all it’s glory. And Lauren is timid and afraid that she might be hurt. Ashford is secure in her faith knowing that God always has a plan regardless of her agenda. Lauren sometimes wonders if there really even is a God and if there is does He really even see her? Ashford is funny and dynamic and magnetizing. Lauren wishes she could disappear sometimes and worries what other people think of her at every move. Ashford has dealt with her husband’s diagnosis of cancer with tenacity and

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