Not Done Yet

06/19/2026

One of the biggest lessons I've learned during knee replacement recovery is that healing comes with ups and downs.
Some days you feel stronger.
Other days you feel like you've gone backward.
Maybe that's true of life, too.
What's something in your life right now where you're learning to trust the process?
🔗 Read this week's Not Done Yet column: https://not-done-yet.beehiiv.com/

06/19/2026

Week 5 post op. This week was way better than last week.
Committed to doing the best I can to recover as quickly as I can.

06/18/2026

One of the biggest lessons I've learned during knee replacement recovery is that healing comes with ups and downs.
Some days you feel stronger.
Other days you feel like you've gone backward.
Maybe that's true of life, too.
Whether it's recovery, a relationship, a creative project, a career change, or a goal you've set for yourself, progress rarely follows a straight line.

What's something in your life right now where you're learning to trust the process?

🔗 Read this week's Not Done Yet column: The Hard Part Comes After the Decision: https://not-done-yet.beehiiv.com/p/the-hard-part-comes-after-the-decision

06/05/2026

For years, I knew exactly who I was.
A journalist. A corporate employee. A wife. A mother.
Then life changed, and I found myself asking a question I hadn't considered in a very long time:
Who am I now?
My latest Not Done Yet column is about the strange and sometimes uncomfortable process of discovering what's next.
🔗 Read the full column: https://not-done-yet.beehiiv.com/

05/27/2026

“I can sit down without wanting to cry.”
Honestly, that’s progress.
My latest column is about the strange in-between stage of recovery — where healing is happening, just slowly enough to test every ounce of your patience.
Read my column at www.ndy.life or see link in bio.

05/27/2026

“I can sit down without wanting to cry.”
Honestly, that’s progress.
My latest column is about the strange in-between stage of recovery — where healing is happening, just slowly enough to test every ounce of your patience.
Read my column here: https://not-done-yet.beehiiv.com/p/the-strange-in-between-of-recovery or go to www.ndy.life

05/11/2026

Pain has a sneaky way of shrinking your world little by little.
Parking closer. Sitting sooner. Mentally calculating every step before saying yes to plans.
In a few days, I’ll have knee replacement surgery. I’m nervous. I’m hopeful. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I’m also finishing my first cookbook.
This column is about fear, chapter 2, learning new things and why I finally decided it was time to stop adjusting my life around pain.
Read the latest Not Done Yet column: https://not-done-yet.beehiiv.com/ www.ndy.life

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