Down Greenville Road

08/18/2025

It's almost "CROCK-tober" months!!

What is your favorite comfort food to cook up in the crock pot?

08/17/2025

If only photos were scratch n' sniff.
This right here is all the fresh garden goodness Andy just picked from our own patch.
Homemade doesn't have to be complicated.
It's simple ingredients, fueling your body... the way nature intended.
What's a favorite homemade item you enjoy making vs. picking off from the grocery store shelf?

08/17/2025

This may be a longer post... but if I could have a few minutes of your time. ❤️
I'm on a mission to pay off our medical bills & it only takes a few clicks of a button each day to help us. Please listen & let's chat to see how you can help. Thank you. ❤️ Jaime

08/05/2025

Friends of DGR... We need a favor. My bonus-son, Zachary, races ATV's competitively. He was just at Tri City Raceway Park Way this past weekend and placed 1st in his moto! See the post below... click on THEIR PAGE (thru shared link below) to find this post. The photo in comments with the most LIKES will be the cover photo for the week. Look for Zach's photo under a comment by Tonya Enck (blue 4 wheeler in red jersey, #29). This would be a fun way to celebrate his first 1st place win! We all THANK YOU!

Time to change the cover photo!!! 🪩🪩
Let’s see them cars @ Tri City Raceway Park!!!!! 🏁🤘🏻💎👏🏻💙🙌🏻🖤
‼️ The picture MUST BE at Tri City Raceway Park to be our cover photo! ‼️
Post a picture of your car & whichever picture has the most likes by 5:00pm on August 6th will be our cover photo for an entire week!!! 🏆‼️🔥 That’s right, you will get displayed right on the top section of our main page for a week!! 📸📸
Good luck to everyone who submits a picture! 👍🏻

07/11/2025

Here's to writing beautiful chapters, amongst all the beauty & chaos that comes with each page. ❤️

07/05/2025

Meet this little jerk. 😆

You learn a lot about breast cancer when life hands you the diagnosis. Before my own journey, I truly thought breast cancer was a one-size-fits-all thing.
Spoiler alert: it’s not.

There are so many variables and variations of that dang C-word. For me? I was diagnosed as hormone-positive—meaning my body’s own estrogen and progesterone were feeding the cancer cells.
Flippin’ hormones... that definitely wasn’t supposed to be your job. 🙄

As a hormone-positive patient, the name of the game is lowering estrogen. And apparently, even at 47, I was nowhere near menopause. So, we started with monthly pellet injections to my abdomen to shut things down. Sounds easy enough, right?

Wrong.
Each month, my hormone levels kept rising. So after a few rounds of that, I took matters into my own hands and had my ovaries surgically removed. That should have done the trick.

Also wrong.
My hormone levels continued to climb for nearly five months post-op. I joked with my doctors that I must be that one patient who throws a wrench in every plan. Turns out—I was. 😆

Eventually, as my levels started to drop months later,, I was prescribed an “AI.” Not Artificial Intelligence (I wish). This one stands for Aromatase Inhibitor—a tiny pill designed to block hormones and reduce recurrence risk.

And just look at it... so small, so innocent-looking.
But don’t be fooled. This little jerk packs a punch.

If you're on one of these, you know.
The joint pain? I walk like I’m 30 years older than I am. My hands? Can barely make a fist. The fatigue is next-level; like Snow White post-eating-the- apple kind of tired. Add to that rising cholesterol, glucose levels, and more.

All from this itty bitty pill.

So yes... I call it “the little jerk”—said in my best Uncle Frank-from-Home-Alone voice. 😆

Breast cancer shows you a strength during active treatment that you never knew you had.
But the “after” is where true resilience shines—in quiet, relentless ways most people don’t even see.

This little jerk and I have to learn to coexist for the next 10 years.
But here's to thriving anyway.
Here’s to survivorship.
And here’s to telling breast cancer exactly where to stick it—every single day. 💪💗

07/03/2025

Quick pause on your newsfeed & list one little thing you are grateful for. ❤️

07/02/2025

After the Fight: What No One Tells You

When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, life quickly turned into a series of doctor appointments, lab draws, scans, and 4 rounds of chemotherapy. I was in full-on fight mode—mind focused, body battling, and a team of medical professionals watching every number, every scan, every symptom. In a strange way, I felt safe in the storm.

One of my surgeons told me early on, “The hardest part of cancer comes after treatment.”
At the time, I didn’t quite understand her words. Now, I do.

When treatment ends and you hear the words "NED" (No Evidence of Disease), the world expects you to jump back into life as a “thriver.” But you don’t go back the same person. The body may be healing, but the heart and mind are trying to catch up. There’s a new layer of fear and reflection—one you don’t always expect. Every lab, every follow-up carries a whisper: “What if something's wrong?”

I’m learning this new version of myself right now, too. Some days I feel strong and empowered. Other days, I’m anxious, sad, or both (just ask my husband or best friend 😅). But I keep showing up. I keep writing, speaking, processing—so that someone else walking this “after” stage doesn’t feel so alone.

If you know this feeling too, I see you. I get it. And I’m walking it with you.

06/27/2025

I miss the days of DGR.
A lot.
But my job now involves God, American flags & pink flamingos.
What's not to love?

06/21/2025

❤️ I heard this.