Almost exactly two years ago, we got the diagnosis that scares the heck out of any parent – the big ‘C’ word. The funky-looking thing that had been growing on Hannah’s right knee? Was cancer. Which was terrifying. But while the surgery to remove her knee of any extra cancer cells itself was extensive – Read More
Three nights ago, my brother and I sat on either side of the bed across from our father in the hospice wing at Henry Ford Hospital in downtown Detroit as he drew his last breath. It was the end of a 7-month long journey as he struggled with diagnosis and treatments for rhabdomyosarcoma and over Read More
The past week has been a whirlwind of doctors, hospital, phone calls and a lot to take in and process. I still can’t believe how quickly everything has moved. Hannah’s surgery was just on Tuesday and now here, on Saturday night, everything has changed. She did so amazingly with this surgery. We knew that she Read More
So here we go again… Sigh. After her rather extensive leg surgery back in April of 2013 to make sure that all of the hemangiopericytoma tumor had been removed, Hannah’s follow-up scans have all been perfect, first at 3 and 6 months out and then every four months after that. In late May, her doctors Read More
When I was a kid, my mom took a macrame class (yes this was back in the early 80’s). She then taught me everything she’d learned and together we made everything from plant hangers to Christmas ornaments that year. I still have several of the ornaments and decorations that we made, and one of my Read More
For a family whose kids have really never been much into playing with LEGOs, it may seem odd that for the past two years, our October-December has been all about those little plastic bricks. Or rather, about LEGOs + robots. Which equals First Lego League (FLL) – a robotics program for kids in 4th through Read More
This post is part of the HEALTHY ESSENTIALS® 2014 program by Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. and The Motherhood, who sent me a box of products and compensated me for my time. Opinions, experiences and photos shared here are all my own, and I hope you enjoy them. The holiday season is a magical Read More
This is a sponsored post for the Global Influence Network. As always, all opinions stated here are 100% my own or those of my family. Tomorrow I’ll be spending the day with my dad and my brother. In other circumstances, this would be something to look forward to – and I do look forward to Read More
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Acorn Influence and SC Johnson. As always, all opinions stated here are 100% my own or those of my family. Kids are smelly creatures, there’s no way around it. I remember the baby spit-up and dirty diapers of the early years, although our issue nowadays is the Read More
You have those days too, right? The ones when you don’t know exactly what’s wrong but everything and everybody just seems to rub you the wrong way… Yeah, that. I have to admit it’s been a while since I’ve had one of ‘those’ days, so I guess I was due. Or overdue. I know I’m Read More
