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 →

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 →

With an Accent

For those of you who don’t follow me on twitter (you should) and those of you who are not on my personal Facebook page (email me and I’ll add you), the conversations I… Read More →

Yesterday

Yesterday I sat in front of my computer and for the first time in a very long time I felt the need to post something. I wrote up a few different things before… Read More →

To Laugh Often

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to… Read More →