We have a lot of talks up in this house. Lately it’s felt like a lot of them have revolved around Nathaniel, eleven years old and on the cusp. Cusp of what? Oh, things I’m sure I don’t want to think about: middle school, puberty, the edge of my sanity. Lots of fun stuff! I, [...]
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Anatomy of a nervous breakdown
Since the moment Peyton was diagnosed with Leukemia we were taught that everything in our lives depended on one piece of paper. Counts. It told us if she needed blood products. It told us how strong or weak her immune system was. It told us if her liver wasn’t working properly, if her body was [...]
On with the raping and pillaging!
Nathaniel turned eleven yesterday. We did the birthday celebration with friends and food and cake and ice cream and singing and WHEEEE! and lots of conversations revolving around the words “shoot”, “stab” and “fart”. Good times! …and yet. The fact that my firstborn turned eleven wasn’t the biggest jab in the force field that keeps [...]
