Burn and Learn

At about the time I was ready to give up Facebook and delete my account, my kids had decided they wanted accounts of their own. That’s honestly the only reason why I kept… Read More →

Last Day

Today is the last day. It’s the last day of pretending. It’s the last day of closing my eyes to the obvious. It’s the last day of ignoring what’s happening around me. Today… Read More →

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 →

Sometimes

Sometimes I’m not home. Sometimes my house is left alone with three teenagers. Sometimes they do things when I’m not around. Sometimes video evidence is available. Sometimes I wish I didn’t know.

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 →

The 3 Month Stretch

My daughter’s last infusion was three months ago. YES. Three months ago. How does a girl go from bi-weekly infusions to a 3 month stretch? You’ve missed a lot. Before Mariah’s state pageant… Read More →

Nose Casts

My daughter has a new boyfriend. Its a boy that she has liked for a while. It’s a boy that her brother has played baseball with. It’s a boy that my hubby doesn’t… Read More →

Heartbroken but Wise

We started receiving mail, emails, phone calls and text messages from the national pageant office almost immediately after state pageant. Once a week something showed up in the mail and the emails and… Read More →

Best Wishes

After the state pageant ended, Mariah quickly got started preparing for the national pageant. She was excited that my stepmom was willing to help and although I was tempted to step in and… Read More →

Pageant Ambien

She didn’t call back that day, or the next, or even that week. The hubby and I honestly thought she wasn’t going to show up because she’d done this so many time before.… Read More →