Contagious

My daughter has struggled to keep friends through the ups and downs of being chronically ill. I’ve watched this happen for years and have been thankful for the understanding friends that she has… Read More →

Good Days

Mariah’s follow up appointment for labs and infusion didn’t go as expected. Considering how tired she’s been lately, all the stress she’s been under and the fact that we just experimented with almost… Read More →

Click

I waited until my daughter’s infusion was done and we were in the car on the way home to listen to what her message said. “I’ve tried calling you numerous times and can’t… Read More →

Would’ve Been

This week, actually at this exact moment, we would’ve been checking in to the National pageant in Southern California if things had gone according to plan. I don’t know why I expected them… Read More →

The Reality

picking up from where I left off on “Take Chances” ……. It wasn’t until we reached the orientation that I realized the extent of her limitations. Her IV was in her right arm… Read More →

Take Chances

The first of these lessons learned that I’m going to share came from my daughter. Even though she’s my middle child, I’ve decided to share her story first because out of all of… Read More →

Lessons Learned

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”  ― Robert Frost Sometimes life throws you a curve ball, or three. These last couple of months have taught… Read More →

Madness of Time

Life has gotten crazy.     CRAZY! Crazy busy, crazy stories, crazy people and crazy times. Sound fun? Not really.   I’ll start with the biggest time consumer of them all…. baseball. Mr… Read More →

Spoon of Sugar (23)

……. picking up from “Turning Red (22)” in the posts on My Journey Here My dad came home from work late that night. Karen was already in bed and I hoped she was sleeping.… Read More →

Turning Red (22)

….. picking up from “Fruitstriped Gum (21)”  from my posts on My Journey Here Receiving a letter from my mom changed the entire tone of the house. I could sense that something had… Read More →