Losing My Funny

I’ve been a sarcastic bitch for all of my life. Maybe it’s all the shit that I’ve been through. Maybe its the constant stupidity I’ve been surrounded by my entire life. It is… 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 →

My Purpose

I’m planning on continuing my posts of My Journey Here and have even started on the next installment. I’ve gotten some requests and some great feedback but before I post any more, I… 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 →

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 →

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 →