Hi, Nice To Meet You… I Had Breast Cancer
It has been about 938 days since I was told I had breast cancer. Since then I have had 1 year of chemotherapy, radiation and 4 surgeries....
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Mar 12, 2019
- 3 min
Maybe It’s Okay If I’m Not Okay
Recently a new song has been coming on in my car and every time it does, I find myself turning the volume up and getting chills from the...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Why Is Prayer Important?
I have been quite overwhelmed lately. Life just seems to be on full attack from all angles. Fear mongering is e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e and it...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 14, 2018
- 3 min
Why Is It So Hard To Downshift?
I find it interesting that during certain times of our life we are forced to slow down. Forced to pause, forced to rest. As moms, we...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Nov 5, 2018
- 2 min
It’s November 4th And Yes I Still Have Cancer.
All the pink banners, balloons, ribbons and such have come down… and yet I and thousands of other women still have cancer. How nice it...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 15, 2018
- 5 min
Let’s Make A Real Impact This Pinktober
We are almost half way through October and the pinkwashing is everywhere you turn. Pinkwashing: The practice of a company using support...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
The Magnitude of 33
Crying aloud as you entered the world; The world needed you, you had purpose. Growing with grace and the unfolding of a beautiful...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Aug 1, 2018
- 8 min
Reclaiming My Stolen Summer Part 1
Last year I had just gotten my port placed, I had cut off all my long locks and I was getting mentally prepared to start my first chemo...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Jul 26, 2018
- 3 min
Farewell To My Unicorn
Today I am having another mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. It is the biggest, longest surgery I will have to go through in this...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- May 9, 2018
- 3 min
All Great Changes are Proceeded by Chaos
Change is hard. No one embraces change with ease or contentment…unless they are faced with such a dire circumstance that forces them to...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Apr 3, 2018
- 3 min
Turning fret into faith.
Easter weekend 2017 will forever hold a place in my heart… quite an uncomfortable place to be honest. I was sitting on my mom’s bed, we...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Mar 6, 2018
- 5 min
I will not be silent.
It is time to be real, to be transparent about my journey. Have you ever cared so deeply about something that it just becomes a part of...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Feb 5, 2018
- 2 min
Next Steps
Over the last eight months, I have been filling my bucket full of hope. Since my diagnosis, I was hoping that by February of this year I...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Feb 1, 2018
- 2 min
A Bucketful of Hope
Today marked my last day of radiation. I was more emotional than I thought I would be, but then again, I have been through a lot in the...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Jan 7, 2018
- 2 min
Inner Gladiator
For many January is the start to a refreshed workout regime, I was included in this boat. After having two babies, being diagnosed with...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 31, 2017
- 4 min
Best of 2017
In the last few days I have seen everyone’s best nine photo collages being posted on Instagram from 2017. These rubbed me in a strange...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Dec 3, 2017
- 5 min
Sometimes you just need to get lost. Lost Pines, Texas
Once my 16 chemotherapy treatments were completed and with my imminent surgery which would leave me destabilized for a while, I knew I...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Nov 27, 2017
- 4 min
Why it is important to fill your cup.
As moms, we are told to take care of ourselves, “Nap when the baby naps!” but oftentimes we shrug this off because we are “too busy”...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Nov 10, 2017
- 3 min
Hardly Recognizable
Here I am four months after all my hair fell out. It was a traumatic scene for me (read about it here) and what felt like it would take...
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Lauren Wiatrek
- Oct 10, 2017
- 3 min
Tuesdays.
Tuesdays have quickly become one of my favorite days of the week. It all starts with coffee and front porch sitting with my Halen girl,...
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