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From Sepsis to Sight
Why I’m Questioning the Last 25 Years I’ve spent the last several years fighting for my life. Between chemotherapy, radiation, and a life-saving stem cell transplant, my body has been a primary battlefield. But it was during my descent into different states of consciousness while battling sepsis that something else happened: my third eye opened.…
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The Weight of the Room
During my cancer battle I learned that silence has a weight. There is the heavy silence of the people who love you but are paralyzed by the fear of saying the wrong thing. You can feel their heart, even if you can’t hear their voice. But then, there is the cold silence. The silence of…
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Our Tax Dollars, Their Secrets
The $18 Million Cover-Up It’s hard to find the words when you realize exactly how your hard-earned money is being spent in Washington. As a mama, a taxpayer, and a proud Iowan, I’m used to hearing that there’s “no room in the budget.” We’re told there isn’t enough for our local public schools. There isn’t…
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4 Burning Questions for Ankeny’s 2026 Candidates
A Midwest Millennial Mama’s Take It’s no secret that things are heating up in Iowa politics, and right here in Ankeny, the 2026 elections are already taking shape. While the big headlines might be about the Governor’s race (and you know I’ve been busy supporting Zach Lahn!), the people representing us right here in Des…
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This Just Got Personal
Why an Executive Order on Glyphosate Hits Home for This Midwest Millennial Mama If you’ve been following the news, you might have seen headlines about President Trump’s recent executive order concerning glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. For many, it might seem like just another political maneuver, another piece of legislation in a long line…
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Real Life vs. The Noise
Cancer gives you a vision the world tries to take away. 🕊️🎗️ While I was fighting for my life, my world got very small, very fast. When you’re staring at a hospital ceiling, you don’t care about the viral outrage of the day. You don’t care about political propaganda or the “scandal” in another state.…
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Behind the Locked Doors
Right now, 15,000 nurses in New York City are on the picket lines. While the headlines talk about wages and benefits, there is a deeper, more chilling demand at the heart of this strike: Workplace safety and violence protections. For anyone who hasn’t lived in a hospital for weeks at a time, this might sound…
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