This One Is For My Girls...
Ella Beans turns 6 on Friday. I can't even believe I am typing that sentence because it can't be true. And yes, birthdays turn into week long events. Beans is making big plans over here. For me, turning 6 is huge because 5 is still a baby. Baby hands, baby feet, baby teeth. Silliness. So much silliness. There's still so much baby there. So my heart breaks a little more with each milestone birthday but Ella's is a special one because while it breaks, it also grows with love and gratitude that I am blessed with these two amazing women in my life...And so I like to celebrate this woman too. When I was 4 months pregnant with Beans, my mom, my best friend in the whole wide world was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. It rocked our family and it changed who we are in so many ways. While she wanted so badly to enjoy every bit of the pregnancy like moms of daughters often do, she was instead going through surgery, chemo and radiation. She smiled through every treatm...