My favorite first-day-of-school picture is a little, erm, non-traditional. We did the whole front porch photo thing, but really Greta and I were just so very sad as we watched the yellow bus drive away.  Greta was wailing that she wanted her sissy, and I was nostalgic about so many things I don’t even have the words. I vividly remember watching Maren and Greta...

Last week we were on vacation. It was a vacation gifted to us.  The cycle of love was pretty epic actually. The cycle started with a pretty awesome person named Karen Wellington.  She was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer when her children were littles.  She was a favorite patient of Dr. Wonderful’s for ten years.  From everything that Dr. Wonderful, her...

    It was a great day in the oncology office, as usual.  I’m still being high-fived by the staff for my excellent June results: echocardiogram, tumor markers, cell search and blood panel all looking stellar is cause for big celebration and oncology folk celebrate whenever possible.  I love good results and I’m grateful that my summer medical...

        A project I’ve been working on for a while is my word wall in my little office space. As a writer — one of the new ways I choose to describe myself — I love words.  I think words can have a lot of power and I wanted to surround myself with words that matter to me and to my family. I’m not very good with home decor...