This afternoon brought a trip to the oncologist to get the results from my older son’s recent MRIs and labs. And the report was a good one: his tumors are stable and, for now, all is well. We’ll take it. But something interesting happened during this visit. We took a different elevator today that dropped us…
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Unusual Beauty
“The world is full of nice people. If you can’t find one, be one.” Tonight, I found a really nice one. We’re back at the hospital for another round of the dreaded MRIs. The same MRIs that confine my kids to a claustrophobic tube for anywhere between three and four hours a pop. A recent…
Levels of Uncertainty
“I have come to accept the feeling of not knowing where I am going. And I have trained myself to love it. Because it is only when we are suspended in mid-air with no landing in sight that we force our wings to unravel and alas begin our flight. And as we fly, we still…
Oh, Happy Day!
After twelve months of this… …and walking by this… …my boy got to do this. He finally got to ring the “I’m finished with chemo” bell. Oh, happy day, oh, happy day. Here he is with Lindsay, one of his favorite nurses. The staff sang to him, cheered him on and gave him gifts. We’ve…
Breathing Space
This was my happy place today. And not because it was beautiful. No, this rooftop garden was my happy place today because it was my escape from the hospital. Okay, maybe “happy space” isn’t the right phrase. Let’s try “breathing space.” After a long day of waiting for Drew to be scanned, tested, poked and prodded…
Hello, March
Today we welcomed March with sunshine, blue skies, warm breezes…and a trip to chemo. A good day, Drew took it like a champ (as he always does) and is doing well. But it was an unusual visit in that I fell flat asleep during his treatment. Kid you not. Sitting straight up in a plastic chair,…
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