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Jul 16 2015, 12:39 am

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TRULY SWEET GIVEAWAY for Newsletter Recipients Only!

To thank you for your loyalty, I have a special giveaway opportunity only for those who receive my newsletter. So please don’t share the password. What’s the prize? I will be giving away TEN ebooks of Truly Sweet and a $20.00 Amazon gift card. It’s simple to enter my special giveaway . . . from July 27 through July 30, 2015 all you have to do is leave a comment telling me how many books you think you’ll read by the end of summer.

I will announce the eleven winners on my website blog on July 31, 2015 at Noon (EDT). So make sure you check back to see if you’ve won!

AND EVEN MORE PRIZES!

On July 29, 2015 join me for a Truly Sweet Facebook Release Day Celebration. I’ll have fun and prizes. https://www.facebook.com/events/879816632055506/

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Sweet, Texas–The Final Chapter

Jul 14 2015, 3:20 pm

ON SALE JULY 28, 2015

I’m excited for Sweet, Texas fans to finally get to read Jake Wilder’s story. I’m also very sad that this is the last book in the series. The Wilder family and the residents of Sweet have become very dear to me. I hope you all enjoy.

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Sweet, Texas–The Final Chapter

ON SALE JULY 28, 2015

I’m excited for Sweet, Texas fans to finally get to read Jake Wilder’s story. I’m also very sad that this is the last book in the series. The Wilder family and the residents of Sweet have become very dear to me. I hope you all enjoy.

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THE BIG and small OF IT

Jul 8 2015, 5:50 pm

For those of you who know me or follow me on Facebook, you know I’ve been suffering migraines, neck, and back pain. The migraines didn’t pop up until last December but they increased to several a week, each lasting 2-3 days. The neck and back pain was constant. I had back surgery a few years ago but with my imbalance the pain continued. I’d spent months in physical therapy but no matter how hard I worked at strengthening or stretching my muscles I got no relief.

When I was in high school my nickname was Surfboard because I was literally flat. When my breasts finally decided to grow they didn’t stop. Even if I weighed 120 lbs I still wore a triple D bra. At the suggestion of my doctor I finally went to a specialist. She explained what happens when you have large breasts and get older. It’s not just the size; it’s the position (because we all know gravity sucks). She told me about some of the cases she’d treated and even drew diagrams that made a lot of sense to my husband and I. Also, since my mother had breast cancer and my breasts were very dense, the surgery would improve the ability to see things better on my mammograms. So after careful consideration I decided to have breast reduction surgery.

Yeah, I know, when everyone else is getting bigger boobs put in I wanted to get rid of them. Believe me the decision had nothing to do with vanity and everything to do with the prospect of living my everyday life as pain-free as possible.

The surgery scared me because it involved being under anesthesia for about 6 hours. What if I didn’t wake up? Who would be around to drive my family crazy in a way only I can do? The surgery actually went great (The following day I weighed 6 lbs less. So apparently I was carrying a newborn around on my chest!) and I only needed to take pain relief for a couple of days. The week after was tough because I had drains in both sides. My husband deserves an award here because he took care of me like a prince. He even emptied my drains and took care of my incisions. Love that man!

For the first week you have to live by the penguin rule—no moving or lifting your arms at all. Or as my doctor calls it the hotel rule, if you can’t do it in a hotel room, you can’t do it. Tough for me because I’m a very active person. Week two I got the drains removed and the stitches out. Yay! The incisions are extensive and the bruising was horrible, but my doctor (who is amazing) assured me things would heal well. I’m now at week 4 (and wearing a C stretchy bra instead of an underwire), the bruising is mostly gone, the incisions are healing very well and I doubt they’ll be noticeable after a while. I’m still very tender and I still get very tired so naps are going to be in my future for a while. I don’t have any kind of implants, it’s all me.

The best news? I haven’t had a migraine since the surgery and the neck and back pain are gone! I feel so much better! So for any of you who might be considering this procedure, I highly recommend you find a board certified plastic surgeon who specializes in breast reduction and talk to them to see if you’re a good candidate. Because I fell within the insurance guidelines, they completely paid for the surgery.

The photo above shows the bra I wore into the surgery and the one I wore out. Big difference! Who knows, I might even take up jogging. Because God knows I was never able to do that before. 🙂

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