Mom’s Story

Subject: If you could take care of this. Make sure it has indoor plumbing and air conditioning please.  And We have enough animals none of this two by two stuff.

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This post is really special for me to be able to share since it (hopefully) is the last in my unintended series on my mother having cancer (see the beginning and her diagnosis). It seemed fitting that my mother have the opportunity to shut that door so I was really happy when she agreed to write this for [...]

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Free.

August 18, 2011

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I remember last winter as a series of stark moments. Thanksgiving came and went and we finally badgered my mother into seeing a doctor for the hacking cough that was making us all uncomfortable. Pneumonia made perfect sense until it just didn’t anymore. Before we really knew what was going on it was easy to [...]

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Homecoming

August 9, 2011

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Yesterday I completely failed at checking anything off my to-do list. I didn’t work out. I didn’t cook. I didn’t even stick to my food plan. But none of that mattered to me even a little bit. You know why? Because Mom got to come home yesterday. We’re one really important step closer to normal. [...]

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First things first – I am officially listed as an author on Amazon.com which literally makes me jump up and down when I think about it (which is often, and publicly). You can check out my author page, order my book, and best of all: leave me reviews! You can also leave me a review [...]

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I have too many things to blog and never make time to blog them. It’s a cycle. – A few days ago I went to dinner with my parents. I went to use the restroom and found that one toilet seat was covered in pee. Full on, double rainbow, arc of pee splatter across the [...]

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Countdown

December 20, 2010

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It’s strange how quickly our lives can be disrupted but how it takes such a long time for us to recover. Mom is home! When I saw her on Saturday she seemed like she was completely back to normal. It was really amazing. She is really happy to be home where she can sleep in [...]

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