What’s New with Stephanie
This is where I share what I’ve been thinking about, walking through, or learning lately.
Memories
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The Aforementioned Pivot (5-22-26 Update)
Remember the blog Pivoting in Place? I told you something was coming and you’d learn more over the next days, weeks, months? …that there were workshops and services I was cultivating and couldn’t wait to share? Well, This is the pivot I was talking about. If you don’t want the life updates, jump skip to
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Hallelujah! My Flight’s Delayed
The flight is booked. Round trip. With return flight to get you home in enough time to get the rest you need to the next leg of your life. The next leg of my life included very important tasks: taking a child somewhere and connecting with somebody about something and… Honestly, now, I don’t remember.
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I’m a Scrapbooker?
At some point along the way, someone invited me to a scrapbooking party. This was back when Creative Memories was becoming a thing. My oldest was maybe 18 months old, and I thought: “This is great. I can preserve our memories. I can do something meaningful with all these pictures.” So I went to the
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Gifting a Hobby (or cameras everywhere!)
My dad didn’t just buy a camera. He bought a door. And opened it to possibility. This was his first grandchild. And suddenly, photography wasn’t just interesting—it was important. So when my parents came to visit, they didn’t just take a few pictures. They took pictures of everything. The baby looking left.The baby looking right.The
JP News
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Tuesday, July 29
Tuesday, July 29: Ask & Ask Again All Day The day started after a bumpy night to a floor that was the wrong floor. Then a new doc said something. Then the (also new) dietitian said something. Things that contradicted what J & A have been told the last 10 days. What was a possible
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Monday, July 28
Monday, July 28: Steps Morning Perhaps you recall a couple weeks ago when the prayer was one step forward, zero steps back. Praise the Lord for forward movement…meal and meal, slowly, methodically, eaten: bite, chew, chew, chew, swallow, breathe. Just eating is exercise. There was a very odd decision made by docs today…we all questioned
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Sunday, July 27
Sunday, July 27: Me & Tears Morning My morning started with a coffee date with my Airbnb host. She popped into my room and we visited before I took off. Midway through our chat, I realize that I’d forgotten to brew the coffee. No matter…it was an encouragement that I cannot describe. Arriving at hospital
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Saturday, July 26
Saturday, July 26: Trend Morning This is the first morning in a while that I’ve come in to a report of “he slept an hour at a time.” That is HUGE! In hospital life, there are vitals every hour (temp, blood sugar) and then interruptions for meds, IV switch outs, and more. An hour is