Rare Faith Blog

Quick Update!

Surprise! Just one day after my last update, I finally received the long-awaited results from my ctDNA test—the one that detects whether cancer cells are sloughing off into the bloodstr...

One of our students posted a really great question in our Facebook Community. She wrote:

Anyone know of an article that Leslie or someone has written about how to move beyond the imagining and feel

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One of our Guided Mindset Mastery students sent me a message years ago and asked me to keep it private.

But just recently, she gave me permission to share it after all.

She had been battling some pr...

The last three weeks have been a ride.

I wish every post could be full of uplifting news—encouraging, inspiring, and wrapped in a neat little bow. But to be honest, I’m not even sure what I’m going t...

Maybe you’re wondering why it’s taken me a while to share an update on my health journey.

Honestly, it’s probably because I haven’t really been living the "drama" of cancer lately. I’ve got things to...

Round 5 threw us a curveball!

First, a quick recap of Round 4, part 2:

Saturday 5/13/2023 - Celebrating Mother's Day

I made plans to get a pedicure while Trevan and Nick were at a father's-son's ca...

After a much-needed week-long chemo break to celebrate our son’s graduation from BYU and visit family in Utah, I returned to the infusion center on Monday, 5/1/2023 for Round 4. But before diving into...

Someone shared this video with me when they heard I was battling cancer.

It sparked a question that maybe some of my other readers have also been wondering, so I decided to make a post about it.

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April 10, 2023

Sitting here for round 3 of chemo.
Round 2 was easier than the first in some ways... and harder in others.

I didn’t get that awful food poisoning feeling again, which was a win—but da...

Round 2 is in the books! I’ve learned that for me at least the first day of a chemo round isn’t miserable, it’s just weird. We call it “Mom’s glitching again”. Like fingers that suddenly stop doing wh...