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You searched for if i only had 10 more years to live - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/ 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 You searched for if i only had 10 more years to live - Cindy DeBoer https://cindydeboer.com/ 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 Same Kind of Wounds as Me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=same-kind-of-wounds-as-me https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2022 17:07:13 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4302 I noticed her and those tell-tale marks on her face from far across the room. At the first break of our writer’s conference, I ran over to her, breathless with anticipation. “Hey, I don’t mean to be weird or anything, but I notice that you have nasal cannula indentations on your cheeks, and I know […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2022/04/07/same-kind-of-wounds-as-me/feed/ 20 4302 Thanksgiving Eve Sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thanksgiving-eve-sucks https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 04:34:08 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=4245 Sometimes holidays conjure up more pain and despair than joy and celebration. That’s true for me, anyway, on the day before Thanksgiving. It was 2013 and with the table set, the turkey stuffed, and pies complete, my husband and I spent the day before Thanksgiving driving to Ann Arbor to meet with a pulmonology specialist. […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2021/11/25/thanksgiving-eve-sucks/feed/ 33 4245 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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]]> 9 Every Rose Has It's Thorns (or why America is in a crap-load of trouble) https://cindydeboer.com/2020/07/02/every-rose-has-its-thorns-or-why-america-is-in-a-crap-load-of-trouble/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=every-rose-has-its-thorns-or-why-america-is-in-a-crap-load-of-trouble https://cindydeboer.com/2020/07/02/every-rose-has-its-thorns-or-why-america-is-in-a-crap-load-of-trouble/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2020 22:20:41 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3438 The last movie we saw before that devilish virus shut down all the theatres was “I Still Believe.” I’m still not sure if it was KJ Apa’s impish little grin or the story line that made me so emotional and bawl like a baby. Either way – the film is incredible and if you love […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/07/02/every-rose-has-its-thorns-or-why-america-is-in-a-crap-load-of-trouble/feed/ 12 3438 Trees https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trees https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 21:58:06 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=3210 When we moved back from Morocco, I noticed a lot of dead trees – many more than what I remembered from before our move. I kept mentioning this to others and they’d say they hadn’t noticed and then they’d look at me quizzically, as if their worst fears were realized: Yep. She was brainwashed by […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/05/21/trees/feed/ 20 3210 How Not To Die https://cindydeboer.com/2020/04/06/how-not-to-die/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-not-to-die https://cindydeboer.com/2020/04/06/how-not-to-die/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2020 02:05:33 +0000 https://cindydeboer.com/?p=2908 This is not to be confused with deceptive click-bait leading you to think I have the secret to staying alive in this health crisis. Heck if I know – I don’t even think Dr. Fauci really knows. Me? I’m sitting all alone in a cabin sucking on oranges, doubling up on multi-vitamins, and binge-watching TV […]

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]]> https://cindydeboer.com/2020/04/06/how-not-to-die/feed/ 18 2908 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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