Author Archives: jasteelman

I was three days out of surgery when it dawned on me that my tattoo was right in the surgery line. Fast forward to yesterday, the splint comes off, and I look and yep, toasty was stapled. I got this tattoo of a toasted marshmallow to remind myself that you can feel like you areContinue reading “Toasty”

I stepped up to the challenge, I overcame my fears. I met new people and made a friend. I ran my race. I finished what I knew I could do but the fat girl brain kept telling me that I couldn’t. I set out to run a 5K I figured if I ran at 14Continue reading “So I did it”

I did something the other night that some would say is no big deal. For me it is. I signed up a live in person 5k. I have done a few virtual 5k’s but I never took the final step to do a live race. Some of that has to do with the pandemic, someContinue reading “Jumping off the Ledge”

I saw an ad this week for a widow’s cruise coming up in the next month. I thought to myself, that would be so awesome for a couple of friends that lost their husbands this past winter. A great way to connect with others going through the similar journeys in life. There was a postContinue reading “Living in the Middle”

It’s been a tough week not going to lie about it. I had surgery 3.5 weeks ago, I had a hysterectomy and a cyst removed that was wrapped around my bladder. To say that I was relieved 4 days later when I got the message that they got all cancer that was wrapped around myContinue reading “living in Silence”

The girls started barking to alert me that someone was in the street, I looked out the window and there was a UPS truck, I really thought nothing about it and went back to what I was doing. Later that day I went out to grab my mail and saw that UPS had left aContinue reading “Celebrate the Small Things”

I was sitting here and the alert on my phone went off. It was to remind me that we are under a curfew tonight, to stop or at least slow down the protesting of another person being killed by a police officer. This has become an epidemic in our world. Both the killing and theContinue reading “Hate, Fear, Love?”

What do you look forward to? That first cup of coffee in the morning? The changing of the seasons? Christmas morning? your birthday? Maybe you were always that person that looked forward to the first day of school. Whatever it is that you look forward to, how does that make you feel? Are you excited,Continue reading “What do you look forward to?”

What do you do to relax? Listen to music? Watch TV? Read a book? Go for a walk/run/hike? Craft? Build things? All of these things can help us relax. Over the past couple of weeks I keep being reminded to take care of myself to take time for myself. For me caring for myself looksContinue reading “What makes you tick?”

Hope is a word that we use often. I hope you have had good time. I hope I have answered your questions. I hope we can get together soon. In fact when you start typing this phrase, I hope… your auto fill on your phone will continue with certain variations of these statements. Hope isContinue reading “Hope”