Dear Nathaniel and Rachael,
Although many, if not most, of the things I’m going to talk about here were far beyond our control, our ability to do differently and no one’s fault, I feel the need to address them.
I’m sorry your sister got cancer. I’m sorry for what this meant for the past years of your [...]
Entries from June 2008
A letter of apology to my kids
June 30th, 2008 · 18 Comments
Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Peyton treatments · Who are these people · blogger stuff · events and happenings · i like to write · the cancer life · these people are our friends · things our kids do
Sweet Home Alabama
June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I’ve spent the day back and forth between my computer and packing for the kids and me to leave for Alabama. We were supposed to leave today but mommy had a little too much fun Saturday night and decided to sleep in today. Don’t judge me!
Last night I met up with some friends from the [...]
Tags: Holidays · Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Sport-tastic · We like to party · Who are these people · charitable goodness · daily posts · events and happenings · i like to write · location location location · these people are our friends · things our kids do
The One Voice Project
June 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments
When Peyton was first diagnosed with Leukemia, we were encouraged to stay away from playing “Dr. Google”. The nurses told us that it would only scare us more than we were, they handed us a book that was written some 15 years ago, and left us to our own devices….which of course included playing [...]
Tags: Mayhew niblets · Mom memoirs · Who are these people · blogger stuff · charitable goodness · daily posts · i like to write · the cancer life · these people are our friends · things our kids do
It always comes back to get you
June 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments
A few years ago, my friend W swore that she was done having kids. DONE! Closing up shop! She was thrilled to announce that her husband had set up an appointment for the great snippity-snippity. It wasn’t too many weeks following that declaration that she stopped by me in carline at school, with the most [...]
Tags: Mom memoirs · Peyton treatments · Who are these people · adventures at the clinic · blogger stuff · daily posts · i like to write · these people are our friends · things our kids do
10 things being the mother of a cancer child gave me
June 26th, 2008 · 14 Comments
There was a meme going around called “10 things motherhood gave me”. I have tons of opinions on that: stretch marks, saggy boobs, under-eye bags, my first experience of having someone poop down my shirt, all the best parts.
But the more I thought about it, I decided that I was better writing “10 things [...]
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