Dear Company-That-Manufactures-Robitussin-with-Codiene,
I truly want to extend my deepest regards and heartfelt thanks for the unexpected joy you’ve brought into my life.
I recently (last night) was on the road for over eight hours driving from Florida to Alabama.  As my daughter has your product prescribed, I planned to give her a dose to knock her butt [...]

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This whole post was supposed to be about Peyton’s surgery.  Her port was scheduled to come out and I had planned to spend an anxious night, dreading and worrying about all the possibilities.
But the surgery was postponed because Peyton developed pink eye.
Yeah. Pink eye.  We can get through cancer and chemotherapy, radiation and infections…pink eye [...]

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Not feeling the Christmas love?
Having a hard time getting your holiday groove on?
Are you made of BAH-humbug?
I got your fix.
Watch it!
I dare you not to smile.
Oh, and if you watch all the way to the end of two minutes, Peyton gets a little “Outta my spotlight, kid!”
So proud, so very proud.

You’re in my spotlight! from [...]

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I’m sure you’re prepared for some sort of WOWZER! type post about the last day of clinic chemo.
I just don’t have it in me today.
It happened today, though.
Finally.
Port working on first try. Check.
Final Vincristine given safely. Check.
Peyton went happily to be anesthetized. Check.
Sort of wishing they’d anesthetized me as well. Check.
Final spinal tap administered. Check.
Final [...]

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Ok, fasten your seat belts because this is a letter that I’m sending RIGHT.THIS.SECOND.
Dear Locks Of Love,

HOW dare you?
After hearing that multiple requests for wigs from your organization were rejected because you “prefer” to give your products to kids with long-term hair loss ONLY, I am not only angry, but frustrated and hurt and truly [...]

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