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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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