Peyton’s last day of chemo picture (taken with my awesomely new and fabulous camera!)
Peyton’s announcement:
“I showed all my friends my port at school today and Hayden didn’t believe it was a port.  He says it was my boob and it’s not a boob, it’s my PORT. So I showed him that it wasn’t my boob [...]

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**Which I may have already admitted on NATIONAL TV to Oprah (just in case you missed it), but let’s go for round two, ya’ll!**
I am a very loud person.
Let’s all take a moment so my mother can catch her breath from falling off her chair laughing (plus, if everyone could say a prayer for my [...]

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I have awesome friends. They have awesome kids. They love my kids. They touch my heart.  I have AWESOME friends.
Mandy Willis is 7 years old. She has Neurofibromytosis and is battling Optic Glioma and other non-malignant brain tumors.  She and Rachael have bonded since we met in the spring, becoming the closest of friends. How [...]

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I noticed him squatting by the entryway of the library.
I noticed his filthy clothes and his dirt-crusted skin.
I noticed the smell that tells me he hasn’t seen the wet side of a bar of soap in a very long time.
I noticed him noticing us…my children with their school uniforms and shiny smiles…the brightness of their [...]

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Peter and I caught a show called Man vs. Wild on the Discovery Channel (I KNOW! Like watching the smartzy stuff, no Sci-Fi channel or bemoaning the fact that Grey’s Anatomy doesn’t start for another couple of weeks, aren’t you proud of us?).
We were intrigued when the guy, Bear Grylls…who’s kind of hot in an [...]

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