“In most marriages there is a 50% chance of divorce. In marriages where there is a child with a life-threatening disease the rate goes up to 80%.” Peter and I were sitting at our very first cancer group meeting of any kind at an American Cancer Society R.O.C.K. weekend in Orlando. At Disney World. Oh [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2008’
ARE you kidding me?
The Bloggess is a bad influence! Of all the people in the world, THIS is what I got. MyHeritage: Family tree – Genealogy – Celebrity
When post-its are better than boys
Can I tell you how much I love my son? I gave birth to one the most amazing boy children ever to plunge neck deep into a 40-gallon container of Legos. There are days I want to just wrap him in a tortilla, dip him salsa and chew him up. Then there are moments like [...]
The day that changed EVERYTHING
Saturday night I was laying in bed trying to figure out why I couldn’t sleep, what was keeping me awake and it sure wasn’t because I wasn’t tired. All week it’s been a weird feeling, like I’m waiting on something…a thing I should know but can’t quite put my finger on. Wrestling with my pillow [...]
Can your digestive system be bi-polar?
Standing in front of the pantry with Peyton in my arms, she’s melancholy and needing a lot of cuddles during this month’s steroids. And food. Lots and lots of food. I had thought she was snoozing when I crept into the bathroom, when I heard her whispering, “huuungry, hungry, huuuuuunnnnggggrrryyyy”. Wonder what she’s trying to [...]
