one year into marriage we got the worst phone call. Mike stepped out of his surgery and they told us. “we found cancer” our lives changed in an instant. “it’s in the breast and the lymph node” a million questions raced through our minds.. am I going to die? how bad is it? is it everywhere? am I going to lose my hair? does this mean I can’t have a baby? we learned very quickly that we are not in control. my “c word” diagnosis has day after day been a lesson in letting go. 💗 I don’t know how we would have made it through those first few nights without our faith. we clung to it. God has shown up for us. even at the end of this video.. we were praying before my first chemotherapy treatment 🙏🏼 look at the reflection on the tv 💗🙏🏼
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Our answer to absolutely everything at the end!!!! and no… it’s not @mcdonalds even tho this video would suggest that 😂 cancer wasn’t part of our plan… but God was. the storm is always gonna come. What matters is who you are standing on when it does. Thank you Heavenly Father, our rock!
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if you haven’t made your ‘husband list’ yet, let this be your sign! who you choose to marry is life’s second biggest decision! 🫶🏻🥹 our entire second year of marriage has been spent “in sickness” and I am so blessed that @drmikechiodo honored this scared vow. Thank you for sticking by me despite my anxiety, sickness, and some extremely tough days (and nights). I love you @drmikechiodo
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a day in my life on the @jayshettypodcast featuring our husband trying to keep me on topic so he could go to sleep. 😂 unfortunately i had the exhaustion zoomies and also, at the end…. 🛟 my wig glue… 👀 please send tips and help and comments on youtube bc I really want to promote the podcast episode there but im not totally sure how. It was truly such an honor to go and be on it and everyone keeps telling me they cried. I hope in the good way!! Ily and am so grateful you are here 🩷🙏🏼
lost, single, trying to have a baby, trying to find your person, having it all and still feeling empty… we covered all of it. I talked and talked and talked. Mike in the last slide 😂 full episode link in bio. Thank you @jayshetty@jayshettypodcast I cannot think of anyone I would feel more comfortable on my first podcast with. You’re an amazing human, a great listener (lol) and gave the best dating advice I had ever heard! thank you from the bottom of my heart. And cheers forever to @drinkjuni
Walking a mile in our heels is the easiest thing we’ve done all year!
Leading the survivors parade at the Kentucky Oaks brought up every emotion and let me tell you I’ve got a lot of them… Joy, fear, grief, hope…
152 of us survivors and thrivers (same as the number of @kentuckyderbys ), walked the infield to honor our fight with breast and ovarian cancer.
Everyone wears pink to the Kentucky Oaks as it’s the day the girl horses race. It just makes the whole day feel even more special. 🩷 The survivors walk is at the very heart of it 🥹🩷 I’m praying over and believing for every single one of these amazing women. And we also need to pray for that sweet woman that the reporter mentioned too. We need her to lead the next parade!
This is the first year that @churchilldowns has partnered with a national organization, @bcrfcure , to help raise funds and awareness.
I am forever grateful to @lorealparis and BCRF for making me part of this wonderful day. 🥹🫶🏼🩷 ily
Shaking with excitement and nerves. @lorealparis I don’t have the words to express what this meant to us. Thank you for encouraging me to show up right where I’m at 🥹 I told them I’m a bit of a mess and I’m mostly better but I was scared to sign up for 3 full days! They, in perfect form, replied “show up exactly as you are ‘you’re worth it’” 🥹 I am so grateful. I made 2/3 days. I AM DRESSED UP. I AM OUTSIDE. I MET SO MANY OF MY FRIENDS FROM ON HERE (YOU) and it made me feel so whole. And so many of you said you watched the @jayshetty pod. Thank you 🥹 IT WAS THE BEST TIME EVER. I am going to be spamming from bed crying tears of joy. Thank you #lorealparis I am so emotional. you are everything. And your digi cam is the best thing ever oh and so is the Kentucky derby. it’s my absolute favorite, 110% want to come for ever and ever. Amen and amen.
does this hat make my butt look big 😝 at the @kentuckyderby with @lorealparis so so so grateful to be here and to be out. I keep cryingggg 😭 I’m gonna be in bed for a week but like Loreal says “worth it”!
The butterflies are not chemistry. They’re stress!!!!
We’ve romanticized the wrong feeling. It’s literally not a butterfly it’s your nervous system!! Those guys who weren’t texting me back probably wouldn’t have been making me a bed on the bathroom floor during chemo either. choose your husband like our life depends on it. Our @jayshettypodcast is out now love you @jayshetty link in bio 🫶🏼
I’ll never ever forget this moment. My oncologist said to me, “you’re going to lose all of your hair, your eyelashes, your eyebrows and you won’t be able to carry a baby”. I remember thinking “that’s not true”. I just couldn’t process all of those things at once. I was still grieving the idea of losing my hair and now to hear I wouldn’t be able to carry a baby. After 5 rounds of IVF. I couldn’t take it. It was the worst feeling. I felt bad for myself and mike was sitting right there next to me and his biggest dream in life has always always been to have a family. Way before his business Mike’s North Star has always been family. I felt so much guilt and so much shame. That moment broke my heart. Full podcast link in bio. @jayshettypodcast@jayshetty
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This is a story about letting go of the life you thought you’d have… and finding strength in what remains 🤍
