by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Feb 19, 2019 | Faith, Physical Health
“Good news, it is a benign fibroadenoma…” The jovial intonation of the radiologist’s voice indicated he was happy to convey this news. I gasped at hearing the word “benign” and held my composure long enough to get off the phone....
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Feb 12, 2019 | Faith, Physical Health
Technically, breast cancer is always a possibility if you have breasts, even for men. When you look at the plethora of carcinogens and add to that any genetic predisposition, the potential of breast cancer has been a topic of public and private discourse for some...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Sep 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
This past Friday, I was feeling particularly low. Nothing happened to precipitate this feeling; it was just another time where my lens and outlook was especially negative. Everything seemed off, and in these moments, my mind tends to wander in the mine field of past...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Sep 21, 2018 | Faith
Yesterday, a nurse shared how local wildfires ravaged her neighborhood. Her neighborhood consisted of acres of crops and livestock with homes sprinkled here and there. She described the devastation she saw in every direction from her property. All of her neighbors...
by Ivonne Rivera-Newberry | Aug 12, 2018 | Faith, Motherhood
My water broke at 34 weeks of gestation on August 11, 2005. I was driven to the hospital by my neighbor’s husband because Jason had just left for field training the day before. Isabel was born by c-section at 1408 hrs weighing 5 lbs. 8 oz. She came out in...
