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Joy in the Journey Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/joy-in-the-journey/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://i0.wp.com/cindydeboer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cindydeboericon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Joy in the Journey Archives - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/category/joy-in-the-journey/ 32 32 184530663 It’s Been Ten Years… So Why Am I (still) Alive? https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2023 06:11:32 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4367 On the day before Thanksgiving, 2013, in a closet-sized, moldy-smelling exam room, a University of Michigan pulmonologist confirmed my fear: the shortness of breath I’d been experiencing was due to a rare, progressive, degenerative, and often terminal lung disease, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM). Paul and I sobbed the entire drive home from Ann Arbor. Not surprisingly, a […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2023/11/22/its-been-ten-years-so-why-am-i-still-alive/feed/ 10 4367 My Magnum Opus: The Parenting Marathon https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2021 03:12:11 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4195 I recently volunteered at a triathlon and discovered many interesting things about these athletic beasts. Besides being insane for paying actual money to brutalize their bodies and not knowing the difference between fun and pain, I noticed that at the finish they usually fell into one of three categories: 1) The nonchalant. “Yeah, I just […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/09/03/my-magnum-opus-the-parenting-marathon/feed/ 14 4195 The Secret For Saving Christmas 2020 https://cindydeboer.com/2020/12/09/the-secret-for-saving-christmas-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-secret-for-saving-christmas-2020 https://cindydeboer.com/2020/12/09/the-secret-for-saving-christmas-2020/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:45:09 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=4144 Don’t go cancelling Christmas just yet. This may be the year from hell and maybe you’re fighting with your relatives, neighbors, employer AND church leaders because COVID (whether we have it or not) turns our brains into murky waste and makes us say careless, evil things for which we cannot be held accountable – but […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/12/09/the-secret-for-saving-christmas-2020/feed/ 2 4144 How to Launch Into Winter with COVID All Around Us https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:12:24 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3769 My stupid COVID dog (not that she has it, but we bought her because of it) woke me up way too early one morning. I wouldn’t mind if our Governor mandated all humans shall not stir before 8:00 a.m. Vie (my COVID dog’s name – which is French for “life”) needs a walk immediately upon […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/10/15/how-to-launch-into-winter-with-covid-all-around-us/feed/ 10 3769 I AM OUT OF CONTROL https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-out-of-control https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2020 20:48:59 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=2768 When we lived in Morocco, every single day felt like a monumental challenge. It certainly wasn’t because of the people (they were incredibly kind, generous and welcoming). The challenge primarily came from being so out of place – so keenly aware we were foreigners and didn’t have much sense on how to navigate an alien […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/03/22/i-am-out-of-control/feed/ 11 2768 Humble Pie – What happens when our heads get too big… https://cindydeboer.com/2019/10/10/humble-pie-what-happens-when-our-heads-get-too-big/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=humble-pie-what-happens-when-our-heads-get-too-big https://cindydeboer.com/2019/10/10/humble-pie-what-happens-when-our-heads-get-too-big/#comments Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:05:36 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1599 My car died a couple of months ago – on the way to work and in the middle of the highway, no less. It made me terribly late as well as the recipient of many honks and obscene gestures from all the busy and important people whose cars never break down. But, as luck would […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/10/10/humble-pie-what-happens-when-our-heads-get-too-big/feed/ 8 1599 Don't Listen To Me – Go With Steve! https://cindydeboer.com/2019/09/26/dont-listen-to-me-go-with-steve/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-listen-to-me-go-with-steve https://cindydeboer.com/2019/09/26/dont-listen-to-me-go-with-steve/#comments Thu, 26 Sep 2019 05:36:14 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1582 Today, I planned to share how shitty I feel. I planned to rant about my lung disease and how unfair it is that as a non-smoker I’m suffering from something totally similar to COPD. I planned to curse a lot and tell you what it’s like to have a disease no one can outwardly see. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/09/26/dont-listen-to-me-go-with-steve/feed/ 5 1582 Reboot: The Beauty of not being good enough – (Getting "Cut" from the team) https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2 https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:20:49 +0000 http://cindydeboer.com/?p=160 My daughter got cut from the varsity volleyball team this fall. Having poured herself into that sport for the last four years and with dreams to even play in college, it was a blow of colossal proportions. Yet a virtual stranger who probably doesn’t recognize the power she wields decided, “Nope. You’re not good enough […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/08/29/the-beauty-of-not-being-good-enough-getting-cut-from-the-team-2/feed/ 13 160 Six Critical Life Lessons Learned from a Hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/#comments Thu, 09 May 2019 16:53:34 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1176 I was furiously typing away – hoping to complete another chapter of my book in the two hours I’d managed to wrangle free. Suddenly, a warning popped up on my screen, “CAUTION! You have a virus attacking your computer! Stop immediately and call Apple: 555-5555” (the title of this blog should let you know why […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2019/05/09/six-critical-life-lessons-learned-from-a-hacker/feed/ 5 1176 On Dying Slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-dying-slowly https://cindydeboer.com/2019/04/25/on-dying-slowly/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2019 15:44:28 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=1146 One of the lowest, crappiest things well-intentioned people say to you when they find out you have a terminal illness is this: “Well, you know, we’re all dying really.” Of course we are. Nobody believes these bodies will last forever. But sometimes it just stinks to be me because someone gave me a TIME LINE. […]

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