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Posts from ‘July, 2008’

Props to my husband, yo!

“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 [...]

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 [...]