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Rosie Roo has been by my side through every hard t

Rosie Roo has been by my side through every hard thing that’s been handed to me the last seven years and I can’t imagine not having her by my side. That’s why I love what my friends at @purina and @redroverorg are doing during the month of October (Domestic Violence Awareness Month) to make domestic violence shelters pet friendly.

The Purple Leash Project is helping to give domestic violence shelters the ability to welcome family pets. An estimated one in three women and one in four men experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetimes, but the percentage of domestic violence shelters that can take pets is as low as 10%. Even though I personally have never been impacted by domestic violence, I can’t imagine having to leave Rosie or Teddy behind in a situation like that.

If you want to help make domestic shelters more accessible to those with pets, you can donate to the Purple Leash Project (and receive a gift of your own purple leash.) find out more by visiting https://www.purina.com/about-purina/purple-leash-project

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #purpleleashproject #domesticviolenceawarenessmonth #domesticviolenceawareness #purina #purpleleash #goldenretrieversworld #goldengirl #goldenpup #purplethursday

One of my favorite things about fall, is that ever

This year had the potential to turn me salty. It p

This year had the potential to turn me salty. It probably made you salty, too. That’s okay. It’s been a hell of a year.

But I’m not salty. At least, I’m not anymore.

I’ve learned to carry my umbrella at all times so I am prepared for the salty storms that are guaranteed to come my way. I’ve learned to focus on putting one foot in front of the other when looking ahead seems too scary and too overwhelming. I’ve learned to be grateful for the rain because without it, nothing can grow. I’ve learned to step in the puddles of pain to remind myself that I am still alive and that I can survive.

And I’ve learned to put on my most vibrant dress because only I can color my own world when it’s dark and cloudy outside.

And so I carry my umbrella and wear my yellow dress and put one foot in front of the other and know, with a surety in my bones, that only I can control how this year changes me. Only I can control if this year breaks me. And only I can control how this year transforms me.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #dontbesalty #cancersurvivors #miscarriage #ttccommunity #positivewords #positivethought #saltylife #saltygirl #mortonsalt #graphictee

Three ways Infertility has STRENGTHENED our marria

Three ways Infertility has STRENGTHENED our marriage:⠀
⠀
1. Infertility has taught us how to communicate. The emotions that come with infertility can negatively impact the ability to communicate - and it did for us at first. But throughout the last two years, we’ve learned to truly talk to each other about our feelings. Dustin has learned how to be more open about his emotions and I have learned not to shut down when I can’t properly describe my own. We talk, often, and have patience to hear each other out and hold space for each other to feel all the emotions. ⠀
⠀
2. Infertility has taught us how to carry burdens together. We’re experiencing infertility together. It’s not just “my” trial (although I physically really with the brunt of it.) It’s us vs. infertility. Both of our hopes and dreams have been shattered by miscarriage. Both of us have felt the grief - and neither of us declare that our grief is worse than the other. We carry the grief together, even when we carry it differently. ⠀
⠀
3. We’ve refused to let infertility put a pause on our lives. In Dustin’s words, we’ve done our best to “Take advantage of a crappy situation” and do our best to make the most of the time we have while we wait. We’ve traveled, we’ve worked on our Jeeps, we’ve set goals to meet as individuals and as a couple, and we wake up every morning ready to live as vibrantly as possible. ⠀
⠀
Infertility and miscarriage has been so hard, but I am also so grateful for the lessons it’s taught us. We may not have kids but we have each other and our beautiful life and that is enough ❤️

I love you, Dust.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #infertilitywarrior #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #miscarriage #miscarriageawareness #ttccommunity #ttcjourney #ttcsupport #ttctribe #ttcsisters #miscarriagesupport

I was in the marching band. Yeah, I know - band ge

I was in the marching band. Yeah, I know - band geek to the max. But those were my people and I felt so lucky that I had a place I belonged to and people I could count on in high school. And to honest, marching band is no walk in the park - we practiced constantly as the late New England summer humidity turned into bitter New England winter cold. So no one really panicked when I started complaining of shin pain in my left leg. I was 15 years old, had just grown a few inches in the span of a few months, and was marching for hours every week.⠀
⠀
As September rolled into October and cooled down into November, the shin splints didn’t get better. In fact, they got worse. Searing pain would randomly shoot up my leg, causing it to give out on me suddenly or wake me up in the middle of the night. But I was 15, and dramatic, and so no one really believed me when I complained that the pain was getting seriously worse.
⠀
But then December came. And the pain got so bad that I collapsed in the middle of Walmart while Christmas shopping with my mom. So we went to the doctor, who referred me to another doctor, who decided to get an MRI just to be on the safe side.⠀
⠀
A week later, the MRI results came in showing: “a tumor, approximately 6 inches, in the left tibia” with the referral to meet with an Oncology-Orthopedic specialist at Boston Children’s hospital ASAP. That day, I went from worrying about boys to worrying about my life. ⠀
⠀
That day, at the age of 15, one word entered my life, became my life, and changed my life forever: cancer.
⠀
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - and this is just a part of my story as a Childhood Cancer survivor. This month, please SHARE my posts. TALK about childhood cancer. KNOW that it could happen to anyone. FIGHT for more research and treatments. Please.⠀
⠀
Please.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #childhoodcancersurvivor #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #pediatriccancer #pediatriccancerawareness #osteosarcoma #cancerfighter #childhoodcancerresearch

Over halfway to meeting my @bikeVeloSano goal of r

Over halfway to meeting my @bikeVeloSano goal of riding 10 rides on my Peloton during the month of August and I honestly cannot think of a better way to celebrate my life and my left leg than spinning on this bike! #VeloSanoPartner
I’m so, so grateful for all of you who have donated, who have joined me in setting your own activity goals, and who are sharing my story with your own friends and family while I participate in this year’s Virtual VeloSano to raise money for life-saving cancer research!
I am living proof that the need for cancer research never stops - please consider clicking the link in my bio to make a donation to support the cause!
Thank you for making this a safe space for me to share this part of my life and for continuing to show up for me time and time again. Until we find a cure, I will continue to fight the fight - thank you for being on my side and on my team.

#VirtualVeloSano #100PercentForTheCure #heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #cancersurvivors #pediatriccancer #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancersurvivor #osteosarcoma #kneereplacement #childhoodcancerawareness

Happy birthday, babe! Let’s build a house!⠀ I

Happy birthday, babe! Let’s build a house!⠀
I love you, I love you, I love you. 💕

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #flagship #flagshiphomes #eaglemountain #birthdaygiftideas #utahunique #utahhomes #utahcounty #utahlife #utahrocks

If I had been diagnosed five years before I had ac

If I had been diagnosed five years before I had actually gotten sick, there’s a large chance I would have died. Sounds dramatic, but true. #VeloSanoPartner About halfway through my year-long treatment I suffered from a chemo complication that could have caused too much damage for my body to be able to come back from. The only reason why I’m alive is because my doctors got special permission to fly in a drug overnight that was in the final stages of being approved by the FDA as a last ditch attempt to reverse the complication. It worked. But if I had that complication a few years before, it could have killed me.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Raising funds for cancer research is literally life saving and the need is greater than ever. That’s why I’m so honored and excited to be participating in Virtual VeloSano this year! VeloSano is a year-round fundraising initiative in which 1OO% of every dollar raised supports lifesaving cancer research at Cleveland Clinic. Normally the VeloSano fundraiser is done in-person by bike, but this year, they are adapting to a virtual event. You can pick any type of activity to do (spin, hike, walk, even play pickleball) to participate in VeloSano.

In honor of the countless teams that have raised money in my honor before, I’ve started my own VeloSano team “Belle’s Team” and am committing to riding 10 rides on my Peloton this month to celebrate my left leg and all the amazing things it’s gone through to stay attached to my body. I would be honored to have you join my team (click the link in the bio) and consider donating to this cause!

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for always supporting me and my quest to live a vibrant, second-chance life.

#VirtualVeloSano #100PercentForTheCure #heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #pediatriccancersurvivor #cancersurvivors #gogold #gogoldforchildhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #childhoodchancer #pediatriccancersurvivor #kneereplacement #osteosarcoma

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Rosie Roo has been by my side through every hard t

Rosie Roo has been by my side through every hard thing that’s been handed to me the last seven years and I can’t imagine not having her by my side. That’s why I love what my friends at @purina and @redroverorg are doing during the month of October (Domestic Violence Awareness Month) to make domestic violence shelters pet friendly.

The Purple Leash Project is helping to give domestic violence shelters the ability to welcome family pets. An estimated one in three women and one in four men experience some form of domestic abuse in their lifetimes, but the percentage of domestic violence shelters that can take pets is as low as 10%. Even though I personally have never been impacted by domestic violence, I can’t imagine having to leave Rosie or Teddy behind in a situation like that.

If you want to help make domestic shelters more accessible to those with pets, you can donate to the Purple Leash Project (and receive a gift of your own purple leash.) find out more by visiting https://www.purina.com/about-purina/purple-leash-project

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #purpleleashproject #domesticviolenceawarenessmonth #domesticviolenceawareness #purina #purpleleash #goldenretrieversworld #goldengirl #goldenpup #purplethursday

One of my favorite things about fall, is that ever

This year had the potential to turn me salty. It p

This year had the potential to turn me salty. It probably made you salty, too. That’s okay. It’s been a hell of a year.

But I’m not salty. At least, I’m not anymore.

I’ve learned to carry my umbrella at all times so I am prepared for the salty storms that are guaranteed to come my way. I’ve learned to focus on putting one foot in front of the other when looking ahead seems too scary and too overwhelming. I’ve learned to be grateful for the rain because without it, nothing can grow. I’ve learned to step in the puddles of pain to remind myself that I am still alive and that I can survive.

And I’ve learned to put on my most vibrant dress because only I can color my own world when it’s dark and cloudy outside.

And so I carry my umbrella and wear my yellow dress and put one foot in front of the other and know, with a surety in my bones, that only I can control how this year changes me. Only I can control if this year breaks me. And only I can control how this year transforms me.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #dontbesalty #cancersurvivors #miscarriage #ttccommunity #positivewords #positivethought #saltylife #saltygirl #mortonsalt #graphictee

Three ways Infertility has STRENGTHENED our marria

Three ways Infertility has STRENGTHENED our marriage:⠀
⠀
1. Infertility has taught us how to communicate. The emotions that come with infertility can negatively impact the ability to communicate - and it did for us at first. But throughout the last two years, we’ve learned to truly talk to each other about our feelings. Dustin has learned how to be more open about his emotions and I have learned not to shut down when I can’t properly describe my own. We talk, often, and have patience to hear each other out and hold space for each other to feel all the emotions. ⠀
⠀
2. Infertility has taught us how to carry burdens together. We’re experiencing infertility together. It’s not just “my” trial (although I physically really with the brunt of it.) It’s us vs. infertility. Both of our hopes and dreams have been shattered by miscarriage. Both of us have felt the grief - and neither of us declare that our grief is worse than the other. We carry the grief together, even when we carry it differently. ⠀
⠀
3. We’ve refused to let infertility put a pause on our lives. In Dustin’s words, we’ve done our best to “Take advantage of a crappy situation” and do our best to make the most of the time we have while we wait. We’ve traveled, we’ve worked on our Jeeps, we’ve set goals to meet as individuals and as a couple, and we wake up every morning ready to live as vibrantly as possible. ⠀
⠀
Infertility and miscarriage has been so hard, but I am also so grateful for the lessons it’s taught us. We may not have kids but we have each other and our beautiful life and that is enough ❤️

I love you, Dust.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #infertilitywarrior #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #miscarriage #miscarriageawareness #ttccommunity #ttcjourney #ttcsupport #ttctribe #ttcsisters #miscarriagesupport

I was in the marching band. Yeah, I know - band ge

I was in the marching band. Yeah, I know - band geek to the max. But those were my people and I felt so lucky that I had a place I belonged to and people I could count on in high school. And to honest, marching band is no walk in the park - we practiced constantly as the late New England summer humidity turned into bitter New England winter cold. So no one really panicked when I started complaining of shin pain in my left leg. I was 15 years old, had just grown a few inches in the span of a few months, and was marching for hours every week.⠀
⠀
As September rolled into October and cooled down into November, the shin splints didn’t get better. In fact, they got worse. Searing pain would randomly shoot up my leg, causing it to give out on me suddenly or wake me up in the middle of the night. But I was 15, and dramatic, and so no one really believed me when I complained that the pain was getting seriously worse.
⠀
But then December came. And the pain got so bad that I collapsed in the middle of Walmart while Christmas shopping with my mom. So we went to the doctor, who referred me to another doctor, who decided to get an MRI just to be on the safe side.⠀
⠀
A week later, the MRI results came in showing: “a tumor, approximately 6 inches, in the left tibia” with the referral to meet with an Oncology-Orthopedic specialist at Boston Children’s hospital ASAP. That day, I went from worrying about boys to worrying about my life. ⠀
⠀
That day, at the age of 15, one word entered my life, became my life, and changed my life forever: cancer.
⠀
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month - and this is just a part of my story as a Childhood Cancer survivor. This month, please SHARE my posts. TALK about childhood cancer. KNOW that it could happen to anyone. FIGHT for more research and treatments. Please.⠀
⠀
Please.

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #childhoodcancersurvivor #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #pediatriccancer #pediatriccancerawareness #osteosarcoma #cancerfighter #childhoodcancerresearch

Over halfway to meeting my @bikeVeloSano goal of r

Over halfway to meeting my @bikeVeloSano goal of riding 10 rides on my Peloton during the month of August and I honestly cannot think of a better way to celebrate my life and my left leg than spinning on this bike! #VeloSanoPartner
I’m so, so grateful for all of you who have donated, who have joined me in setting your own activity goals, and who are sharing my story with your own friends and family while I participate in this year’s Virtual VeloSano to raise money for life-saving cancer research!
I am living proof that the need for cancer research never stops - please consider clicking the link in my bio to make a donation to support the cause!
Thank you for making this a safe space for me to share this part of my life and for continuing to show up for me time and time again. Until we find a cure, I will continue to fight the fight - thank you for being on my side and on my team.

#VirtualVeloSano #100PercentForTheCure #heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #cancersurvivors #pediatriccancer #childhoodcancer #childhoodcancersurvivor #osteosarcoma #kneereplacement #childhoodcancerawareness

Happy birthday, babe! Let’s build a house!⠀ I

Happy birthday, babe! Let’s build a house!⠀
I love you, I love you, I love you. 💕

#heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #flagship #flagshiphomes #eaglemountain #birthdaygiftideas #utahunique #utahhomes #utahcounty #utahlife #utahrocks

If I had been diagnosed five years before I had ac

If I had been diagnosed five years before I had actually gotten sick, there’s a large chance I would have died. Sounds dramatic, but true. #VeloSanoPartner About halfway through my year-long treatment I suffered from a chemo complication that could have caused too much damage for my body to be able to come back from. The only reason why I’m alive is because my doctors got special permission to fly in a drug overnight that was in the final stages of being approved by the FDA as a last ditch attempt to reverse the complication. It worked. But if I had that complication a few years before, it could have killed me.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Raising funds for cancer research is literally life saving and the need is greater than ever. That’s why I’m so honored and excited to be participating in Virtual VeloSano this year! VeloSano is a year-round fundraising initiative in which 1OO% of every dollar raised supports lifesaving cancer research at Cleveland Clinic. Normally the VeloSano fundraiser is done in-person by bike, but this year, they are adapting to a virtual event. You can pick any type of activity to do (spin, hike, walk, even play pickleball) to participate in VeloSano.

In honor of the countless teams that have raised money in my honor before, I’ve started my own VeloSano team “Belle’s Team” and am committing to riding 10 rides on my Peloton this month to celebrate my left leg and all the amazing things it’s gone through to stay attached to my body. I would be honored to have you join my team (click the link in the bio) and consider donating to this cause!

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments below. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for always supporting me and my quest to live a vibrant, second-chance life.

#VirtualVeloSano #100PercentForTheCure #heytherechelsie #myvibrantlife #pediatriccancersurvivor #cancersurvivors #gogold #gogoldforchildhoodcancer #childhoodcancerawareness #childhoodchancer #pediatriccancersurvivor #kneereplacement #osteosarcoma

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