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 →

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 →

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 →