Ending the School Year 2016
I know I say this every year – as does every other parent of a school-aged child, but really? Where did this school year go? It seems both like yesterday and also so far away that we sent the girls off to three separate schools for the first time. Juggling kids in high, middle and […]
A Tale of Two Resorts: Disney’s Grand Floridian & Wyndham Lake Buena Vista
Last month, my girls and I had the opportunity to take a road trip down to Orlando, FL for my annual TravelingMom retreat. We really enjoyed the time together both on the road and at the parks – especially since the girls are older now and much more self-sufficient. For three nights, we had the […]
What’s new with the Panasonic Lumix ZS60 Digital Camera #TMOMZS60 #sponsored
I received a Panasonic Lumix ZS60 digital camera while on the TravelingMom 2016 retreat. As always, all opinions stated here are either my own or those of my family. Two years ago, I had the great fortune to receive a camera from Panasonic to review as part of our annual TravelingMom #TMOMDisney retreat. My Lumix […]
Fifteen
Has it really been fifteen years since the day that we brought our firstborn daughter home from the hospital? Back then it was impossible to imagine what she would be like as a little girl, running around, with hair… 🙂 Nowadays it’s difficult to remember back to the baby, toddler, preschooler and kid that she […]
NonVerbal Learning Disorder
Now that we’re through the mess of a year that was 2015 and Hannah is through with her intensive chemotherapy treatment, we’ve had the chance to focus on some other areas that had gotten largely ignored for a while. One of these is my youngest daughter, Becca. When Becca was younger, she was a pretty […]
Blowing off the dust over here…
It’s been a while, hasn’t it! Since I’ve posted on either of my sites, that is. I last posted on momstakeonthings.com last October and it had been much, much longer ago for this site. I recently decided that I needed to recombine and put everything back into one place. One blog. Just me, writing whatever […]
Broken
I’m supposed to be happy right now. After more than nine months of intensive chemotherapy treatments, my 12-year-old daughter is nearly done and the end that had loomed so far ahead as to seem unreachable for so long is finally almost upon us. I should be ecstatic, jumping for joy, more than ready to resume […]
Six Months in
On January 22nd of this year, an IV dripped toxic chemicals into my daughter’s body for the first time. Chemicals that are necessary to stop any more spread of her cancer, but which ironically could cause additional cancers in her themselves. Or damage her heart. Or her bladder. Or cause other issues that could follow […]
Join the Boston Marathon #JimmyFundWalk to help raise money for cancer! #ad
I participated in an Ambassador Activation on behalf of Influence Central for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. Six months ago, I had never heard of the Jimmy Fund. Previous to 2013, I also had the ‘luxury’ of not knowing that research funding for […]