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After just one-year of caring for my two-year-old daughter post heart transplant, I not only fell from the plane I was flying for the last three years…I hit every branch in the forest below me on the way down. No parachu...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-physiology-of-stress-a-story-about-the-%E2%80%9Ceject%E2%80%9D-button","title":"The Physiology of Stress: A story About the “Eject” Button - Ed.2","summary":"After just one-year of caring for my two-year-old daughter post heart transplant, I not only fell from the plane I was flying for the last three years…I hit every branch in the forest below me on the way down. No parachu...","date_modified":"2026-10-24T15:03:24Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/patient-advocacy-redefined-the-end-of-the-house-call-tasted1","html_content":"

The Artist Formerly Known as "Dr. Katie" Setting the Bar High for AI

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/patient-advocacy-redefined-the-end-of-the-house-call-tasted1","title":"Patient Advocacy Redefined & the End of the House Call-Ed.1","summary":"The Artist Formerly Known as \"Dr. Katie\" Setting the Bar High for AI","date_modified":"2026-10-08T22:04:38Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/who-were-you-created-to-be","html_content":"

It was 2013 and I was about to hand over a toddler to the surgeon's knife...little did I know that he'd be carving out my identity instead.

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/who-were-you-created-to-be","title":"Who were YOU created to BE?","summary":"It was 2013 and I was about to hand over a toddler to the surgeon's knife...little did I know that he'd be carving out my identity instead.","date_modified":"2026-03-31T17:46:08Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-impossible-mile","html_content":"

“They should walk a mile in my shoes.”

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-impossible-mile","title":"The Impossible Mile","summary":"“They should walk a mile in my shoes.”","date_modified":"2023-10-13T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/resilience","html_content":"

"I'm rubber, you're glue."\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/resilience","title":"Resilience","summary":"\"I'm rubber, you're glue.\"\n","date_modified":"2023-10-11T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/your-christ-center---who-were-you-created-to-be","html_content":"

Everyone can agree that a one year old is a pure, innocent being. Life hasn't happened yet. They are wholesome, wondrous beings. Perfect. Innocent. Centered.\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/your-christ-center---who-were-you-created-to-be","title":"Your Christ Center - Who Were You Created to Be?","summary":"Everyone can agree that a one year old is a pure, innocent being. Life hasn't happened yet. They are wholesome, wondrous beings. Perfect. Innocent. Centered.\n","date_modified":"2023-10-09T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/bulletproof-ponytails","html_content":"

“Jennifer, you hurt Mary’s feelings when you teased her! See what you did? Look at her crying. Now, apologize.”\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/bulletproof-ponytails","title":"Bulletproof Ponytails","summary":"“Jennifer, you hurt Mary’s feelings when you teased her! See what you did? Look at her crying. Now, apologize.”\n","date_modified":"2023-10-04T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-country-wave","html_content":"

Growing up spending my summers on a ranch in the teeny town of Almo, Idaho, when I wasn’t riding horses, turning hay, or shooting BBGuns, my job was to sit on the front porch and whittle. The most important part of that ...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-country-wave","title":"The Country Wave","summary":"Growing up spending my summers on a ranch in the teeny town of Almo, Idaho, when I wasn’t riding horses, turning hay, or shooting BBGuns, my job was to sit on the front porch and whittle. The most important part of that ...","date_modified":"2023-07-14T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/grace-for-the-couch-potato","html_content":"

When people don’t show up to help you climb that mountain or “Grace for the Couch Potato.”\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/grace-for-the-couch-potato","title":"Grace for the Couch Potato","summary":"When people don’t show up to help you climb that mountain or “Grace for the Couch Potato.”\n","date_modified":"2023-07-09T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/silver-linings-and-open-eyes","html_content":"

"We just need more faith." "Wait on the miracle." "We just have to pray harder." "The Lord will heal her!"

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/silver-linings-and-open-eyes","title":"Silver Linings and Open Eyes","summary":"\"We just need more faith.\" \"Wait on the miracle.\" \"We just have to pray harder.\" \"The Lord will heal her!\"","date_modified":"2023-04-12T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/re-sil-ience","html_content":"

Noun.

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Nine and a half years ago I survived a war. Read, fetal echoes, grief, ICUs, surgeries, medications, complications, so many complications, a laundry list of frightening stories and what if’s a mile long that kept me up a...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-heart-of-the-artichoke","title":"The Heart of the Artichoke","summary":"Nine and a half years ago I survived a war. Read, fetal echoes, grief, ICUs, surgeries, medications, complications, so many complications, a laundry list of frightening stories and what if’s a mile long that kept me up a...","date_modified":"2020-12-11T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/deep-waters","html_content":"

Mama, it can be easy to take your darkest moments and want to stuff them in a compartment far far away never to see the light of day. But if you have nothing to judge the good moments by, where is your measure?\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/deep-waters","title":"Deep Waters.","summary":"Mama, it can be easy to take your darkest moments and want to stuff them in a compartment far far away never to see the light of day. But if you have nothing to judge the good moments by, where is your measure?\n","date_modified":"2020-11-06T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/gifted-heart","html_content":"

I’m in love with this story. This glorious tale of you and me against the world. This fight of one golden heart, gifted from an angel, sewed in a patchwork of struggle and spirit. Your caged heart, fierce, beating the so...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/gifted-heart","title":"Gifted Heart.","summary":"I’m in love with this story. This glorious tale of you and me against the world. This fight of one golden heart, gifted from an angel, sewed in a patchwork of struggle and spirit. Your caged heart, fierce, beating the so...","date_modified":"2020-09-13T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/brave-girl","html_content":"

How many times have you had to be brave, little one!? How many times have I?\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/brave-girl","title":"Brave Girl.","summary":"How many times have you had to be brave, little one!? How many times have I?\n","date_modified":"2020-09-04T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/it-only-takes-one","html_content":"

Relationships are messy. But it truly only takes one to be happy. If I question my stressful thoughts about you, I realize that my version of you shifts. I find out that what I thought happened, didn’t. Suddenly I fall i...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/it-only-takes-one","title":"It Only Takes One.","summary":"Relationships are messy. But it truly only takes one to be happy. If I question my stressful thoughts about you, I realize that my version of you shifts. I find out that what I thought happened, didn’t. Suddenly I fall i...","date_modified":"2020-08-03T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/you-have-it-in-you-again","html_content":"

Even in your darkest moment, you’ve been okay. On your knees, in grief, prayer, or surrender, the ground held you. Feel the breath in your lungs. Your heart still beats. You have come this far and the universe has always...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/you-have-it-in-you-again","title":"You Have it in You Again.","summary":"Even in your darkest moment, you’ve been okay. On your knees, in grief, prayer, or surrender, the ground held you. Feel the breath in your lungs. Your heart still beats. You have come this far and the universe has always...","date_modified":"2020-07-22T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-i-forget","html_content":"

You are here to remind me when I forget about miracles. When I forget how precious life is. How one minute a heart can beat, and the next it doesn’t. How strangers in the void can save an unknown life hanging in the bala...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-i-forget","title":"When I Forget","summary":"You are here to remind me when I forget about miracles. When I forget how precious life is. How one minute a heart can beat, and the next it doesn’t. How strangers in the void can save an unknown life hanging in the bala...","date_modified":"2020-07-20T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/keep-pressing-mama","html_content":"

When you found out that the baby you were carrying had a “broken” heart, you were given several options. You chose to fight for both of you. You had no idea what kind of battle you were signing up for. You’ve made all k...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/keep-pressing-mama","title":"Keep pressing, Mama.","summary":" When you found out that the baby you were carrying had a “broken” heart, you were given several options. You chose to fight for both of you. You had no idea what kind of battle you were signing up for. You’ve made all k...","date_modified":"2020-07-10T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/stay-in-the-moment-mama","html_content":"

Her future is uncertain. Her life, tenuous. I could dwell on the unknown, dark and dangerous expanse before us. I could picture it looming large above me like a dense boulder held by a skinny rope and pulley, frayed, han...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/stay-in-the-moment-mama","title":"Stay in the Moment, Mama.","summary":"Her future is uncertain. Her life, tenuous. I could dwell on the unknown, dark and dangerous expanse before us. I could picture it looming large above me like a dense boulder held by a skinny rope and pulley, frayed, han...","date_modified":"2020-07-06T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/what-is-the-gift-in-this","html_content":"

This beautiful flower is found inside stinging nettle. If you’ve ever walked into it on a hike you know the pain.

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/what-is-the-gift-in-this","title":"What is the gift in this?","summary":"This beautiful flower is found inside stinging nettle. If you’ve ever walked into it on a hike you know the pain.","date_modified":"2020-07-03T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/rise-again-warrior","html_content":"

Whatever you’re seeking, it’s in you. I’ve been around long enough to make the mistake of thinking I know what you need. But I do believe in your ability to find it. Only you know the source of your strength, where you’v...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/rise-again-warrior","title":"Rise Again, Warrior.","summary":"Whatever you’re seeking, it’s in you. I’ve been around long enough to make the mistake of thinking I know what you need. But I do believe in your ability to find it. Only you know the source of your strength, where you’v...","date_modified":"2020-06-28T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/we-strong","html_content":"

News flies past me from many sources lately as I stay within the comfort of my clorox-wiped home, staying dozens of feet from society (because six is not enough). Inundated at times by fear for the fragile girl who has n...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/we-strong","title":"We strong.","summary":"News flies past me from many sources lately as I stay within the comfort of my clorox-wiped home, staying dozens of feet from society (because six is not enough). Inundated at times by fear for the fragile girl who has n...","date_modified":"2020-03-22T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/dear-hope","html_content":"

I haven't trained you yet to give me the things my heart longs for between pauses in conversation at the park. I hear you calling me when I see my daughter's hair filled with fall leaves under the Sycamore tree...just pl...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/dear-hope","title":"Dear Hope,","summary":"I haven't trained you yet to give me the things my heart longs for between pauses in conversation at the park. I hear you calling me when I see my daughter's hair filled with fall leaves under the Sycamore tree...just pl...","date_modified":"2019-11-10T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-back-my-life-song","html_content":"

A friend made these plates for me during a period early on in our journey when my daughter had been admitted for six straight months, and then readmitted again shortly after. She thought that by breaking them, I could re...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-back-my-life-song","title":"Take Back My Life Song","summary":"A friend made these plates for me during a period early on in our journey when my daughter had been admitted for six straight months, and then readmitted again shortly after. She thought that by breaking them, I could re...","date_modified":"2018-09-09T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-normal-is-weird","html_content":"

You disappeared into "normal" and it was weird. For so many years, you had life bombs going off constantly, hospitals, PICC lines, IVs, lab draws, meds, oh so many meds, 11PM ER trips, praying for one little girl's life,...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-normal-is-weird","title":"When Normal is Weird","summary":"You disappeared into \"normal\" and it was weird. For so many years, you had life bombs going off constantly, hospitals, PICC lines, IVs, lab draws, meds, oh so many meds, 11PM ER trips, praying for one little girl's life,...","date_modified":"2018-05-04T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-shelter","html_content":"

Mama, I know you've had a crisis of faith. Probably several. When the world has you on your knees, it's hard to question if you can believe in anything at all, let alone an invisible being that might have put you there.\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-shelter","title":"Take Shelter","summary":"Mama, I know you've had a crisis of faith. Probably several. When the world has you on your knees, it's hard to question if you can believe in anything at all, let alone an invisible being that might have put you there.\n","date_modified":"2017-12-25T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/mama-youre-missing-the-good-part","html_content":"

You, hovering in the dark, your face lit by the glow of numbers of her pulse-ox, STOP—you're missing the miracle of her breathing, the softness of her cheek as she sighs, the rise and fall of her little chest. It's a mir...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/mama-youre-missing-the-good-part","title":"Mama, You're Missing the Good Part","summary":"You, hovering in the dark, your face lit by the glow of numbers of her pulse-ox, STOP—you're missing the miracle of her breathing, the softness of her cheek as she sighs, the rise and fall of her little chest. It's a mir...","date_modified":"2017-08-29T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-another-little-piece-of-my-heart","html_content":"

They are taking a piece of my daughter's heart today, sending it off to a lab somewhere. We'll see if it comes back for rejection. Waiting for her in the waiting room seems like an eternity. Oh tiny, red, and fleshy magi...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-another-little-piece-of-my-heart","title":"Take Another Little Piece of My Heart","summary":"They are taking a piece of my daughter's heart today, sending it off to a lab somewhere. We'll see if it comes back for rejection. Waiting for her in the waiting room seems like an eternity. Oh tiny, red, and fleshy magi...","date_modified":"2017-08-14T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/independence-day","html_content":"

Four years ago I was traveling across the country with a toddler in heart failure. She screamed the whole plane ride. My screaming was all internal. Why do we resist life?\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/independence-day","title":"Independence Day","summary":"Four years ago I was traveling across the country with a toddler in heart failure. She screamed the whole plane ride. My screaming was all internal. Why do we resist life?\n","date_modified":"2017-07-04T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/surrender","html_content":"

Last week I left my severed limb in another state. Well, I left my girls and got on a plane - isn't it the same thing? I didn't know if I could do it - wiping tears from my cheeks, walking through the airport, I felt los...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/surrender","title":"Surrender","summary":"Last week I left my severed limb in another state. Well, I left my girls and got on a plane - isn't it the same thing? I didn't know if I could do it - wiping tears from my cheeks, walking through the airport, I felt los...","date_modified":"2017-03-10T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-letters","html_content":"

There are two parents whose child is on the other side of the line between Earth and Heaven. They write me. Their only son's heart, forever four years old, beats in my daughter's chest. I received a letter right before C...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-letters","title":"Love Letters","summary":"There are two parents whose child is on the other side of the line between Earth and Heaven. They write me. Their only son's heart, forever four years old, beats in my daughter's chest. I received a letter right before C...","date_modified":"2016-12-27T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/and-the-little-boy-gave-the-girl-his-heart-a-love-story","html_content":"

3 years ago today, someone said "Yes" and it changed our lives. This woman was facing the loss of her only son and yet she thought of strangers - strangers who were watching their child grow sicker by the day. We were st...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/and-the-little-boy-gave-the-girl-his-heart-a-love-story","title":"And the Little Boy Gave the Girl His Heart: A Love Story","summary":"3 years ago today, someone said \"Yes\" and it changed our lives. This woman was facing the loss of her only son and yet she thought of strangers - strangers who were watching their child grow sicker by the day. We were st...","date_modified":"2016-10-12T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/put-on-the-cape","html_content":"

Today I stood up for my child. And that is not an ordinary thing. To face anyone - school officials, men and women with medical degrees, another parent, it takes courage.\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/put-on-the-cape","title":"Put on the Cape","summary":"Today I stood up for my child. And that is not an ordinary thing. To face anyone - school officials, men and women with medical degrees, another parent, it takes courage.\n","date_modified":"2016-08-17T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/this-beautiful-rock","html_content":"

And it occurred to me that these hikes were only a metaphor for the bigger journey. I hold her hand, I help her over the big boulders, sometimes she walks by my side when the path is smooth. I want to always be there, he...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/this-beautiful-rock","title":"This Beautiful Rock","summary":"And it occurred to me that these hikes were only a metaphor for the bigger journey. I hold her hand, I help her over the big boulders, sometimes she walks by my side when the path is smooth. I want to always be there, he...","date_modified":"2016-08-14T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-heart-warrior","html_content":"

Hey you, warrior. Do you know just how amazing you are? Do you have a moment to stand back and comprehend it with me?\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/take-heart-warrior","title":"Take Heart, Warrior","summary":"Hey you, warrior. Do you know just how amazing you are? Do you have a moment to stand back and comprehend it with me?\n","date_modified":"2016-07-21T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-i-see-clearly","html_content":"

A week ago I was an emotional wreck. Read my last post for evidence.\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/when-i-see-clearly","title":"When I See Clearly","summary":"A week ago I was an emotional wreck. Read my last post for evidence.\n","date_modified":"2016-07-08T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/to-the-mama-saying-goodbye","html_content":"

You've spent a week memorizing her face, held her little body against you, feeling the weight of her sleeping breath. You've taken pictures and videos. You've played ponies with her and worn a silver crown at the princes...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/to-the-mama-saying-goodbye","title":"To the Mama Saying Goodbye","summary":"You've spent a week memorizing her face, held her little body against you, feeling the weight of her sleeping breath. You've taken pictures and videos. You've played ponies with her and worn a silver crown at the princes...","date_modified":"2016-07-01T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/nursing-the-heart-break","html_content":"

I bought it when she was still in my belly, when I learned her heart was sick. At two days old, I left her in a surgeon's hands. Visiting her after surgery, seeing her on all those machines keeping her alive, I place thi...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/nursing-the-heart-break","title":"Nursing the Heart Break","summary":"I bought it when she was still in my belly, when I learned her heart was sick. At two days old, I left her in a surgeon's hands. Visiting her after surgery, seeing her on all those machines keeping her alive, I place thi...","date_modified":"2016-06-17T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/15-things-my-scars-have-taught-me-on-my-40th-birthday","html_content":"

I just got carded a couple of days before my 40th birthday. I fought the urge to jump the check stand and hug the woman fiercely. Apparently I don't wear the wars I've fought on my face. Lucky me. So today I stand here, ...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/15-things-my-scars-have-taught-me-on-my-40th-birthday","title":"15 Things My Scars Have Taught Me on My 40th Birthday","summary":"I just got carded a couple of days before my 40th birthday. I fought the urge to jump the check stand and hug the woman fiercely. Apparently I don't wear the wars I've fought on my face. Lucky me. So today I stand here, ...","date_modified":"2016-06-03T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-what-ifs-will-drag-you-down","html_content":"

The average lifetime of a pediatric heart transplant is 10-15 years. I know children that have died at the age of four, and young women who are 20+ years out and doing fine. She's two years out from transplant and the t...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-what-ifs-will-drag-you-down","title":"The What-Ifs Will Drag You Down","summary":" The average lifetime of a pediatric heart transplant is 10-15 years. I know children that have died at the age of four, and young women who are 20+ years out and doing fine. She's two years out from transplant and the t...","date_modified":"2016-05-20T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/to-the-tattered-ninja-on-mothers-day","html_content":"

Hey mama with a sick child - this isn't another iron you have in the fire, darlin' - this is a breath. Sit down and take it with me. Brush aside the medical bills on the office desk. Put them out of sight. This anthem is...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/to-the-tattered-ninja-on-mothers-day","title":"To the Tattered Ninja on Mother's Day","summary":"Hey mama with a sick child - this isn't another iron you have in the fire, darlin' - this is a breath. Sit down and take it with me. Brush aside the medical bills on the office desk. Put them out of sight. This anthem is...","date_modified":"2016-05-09T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/dear-mama-in-the-darkness","html_content":"

Hey you, hovering over your child in the dark, hand on her chest, waiting for signs of life. She's there, still breathing. It's your turn.\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/dear-mama-in-the-darkness","title":"Dear Mama in the Darkness","summary":"Hey you, hovering over your child in the dark, hand on her chest, waiting for signs of life. She's there, still breathing. It's your turn.\n","date_modified":"2016-04-29T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/beating-the-heavy-a-pep-talk","html_content":"

I'm sure as a teenager my step had more of a spring in it. I say this not because I'm almost 40, but because life has dealt me some heavy blows. They weigh me down at the most inconvenient times: the impending doom that ...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/beating-the-heavy-a-pep-talk","title":"Beating the Heavy: A Pep Talk","summary":"I'm sure as a teenager my step had more of a spring in it. I say this not because I'm almost 40, but because life has dealt me some heavy blows. They weigh me down at the most inconvenient times: the impending doom that ...","date_modified":"2016-04-27T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/for-better-or-for-worse","html_content":"

I am married to my life. Even though it is essentially an arranged marriage (I didn't have much of a choice in the one I got) I have committed to it, to love honor and cherish it, in sickness and in health, til' death do...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/for-better-or-for-worse","title":"For Better or for Worse","summary":"I am married to my life. Even though it is essentially an arranged marriage (I didn't have much of a choice in the one I got) I have committed to it, to love honor and cherish it, in sickness and in health, til' death do...","date_modified":"2016-03-21T02:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-hearts-and-other-bloody-truths","html_content":"

I threw a pity party the other day, it was short-lived but it was indeed pitiful. The thought, "why us?" played its soundtrack on repeat. Me, born with a disease that has damaged my liver and brain, and my sweet baby gir...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-hearts-and-other-bloody-truths","title":"Love, Hearts and Other Bloody Truths","summary":"I threw a pity party the other day, it was short-lived but it was indeed pitiful. The thought, \"why us?\" played its soundtrack on repeat. Me, born with a disease that has damaged my liver and brain, and my sweet baby gir...","date_modified":"2016-02-15T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-timer-is-running","html_content":"

But I have no idea how long is on that invisible dial. How long do I have before time runs out on her little heart? How long do I have before time runs out on mine? Each moment may be our next to last with Shiloh - how c...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/the-timer-is-running","title":"The Timer is Running","summary":"But I have no idea how long is on that invisible dial. How long do I have before time runs out on her little heart? How long do I have before time runs out on mine? Each moment may be our next to last with Shiloh - how c...","date_modified":"2015-12-31T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/a-grateful-heart","html_content":"

Stop and ask a mother about gratitude whose child runs around the playground with another child's heart beating inside them, and you better be prepared to stay awhile. Ask a mother with a chronically medically fragile ch...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/a-grateful-heart","title":"A Grateful Heart","summary":"Stop and ask a mother about gratitude whose child runs around the playground with another child's heart beating inside them, and you better be prepared to stay awhile. Ask a mother with a chronically medically fragile ch...","date_modified":"2015-11-15T03:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/nothing-is-under-control","html_content":"

You're about to find out why I needed to invent Posilution. And yes, I know it's an old concept with a new name. To me, it was CPR. "Posilution" is the training of the mind to see everything in a positive light. It is sh...

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/nothing-is-under-control","title":"Nothing is Under Control","summary":"You're about to find out why I needed to invent Posilution. And yes, I know it's an old concept with a new name. To me, it was CPR. \"Posilution\" is the training of the mind to see everything in a positive light. It is sh...","date_modified":"2015-10-23T23:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-lemons","html_content":"

Last night, she lies sleeping, dreaming. I pulled up her covers and the thought arises, "does she know?"\n

","url":"https://theharttcollaborative.com/blog-%26-newsfeed/f/love-lemons","title":"Love Lemons","summary":"Last night, she lies sleeping, dreaming. I pulled up her covers and the thought arises, \"does she know?\"\n","date_modified":"2015-08-24T23:00:00Z"}]}