The Journey

Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonn...

No, no need to run to your calendar, wondering if you'd missed a week or a few days. Let me rephrase it as, "It's October in m...

OR ... Our E.R. scares me. The conversation I expect to have in a couple of weeks with our genuinely Very Sweet Nurse Practitioner: VSNP: I...

We're in the E.R. Little Warrior has a fever. That's the bad news. Her scan results came back. CLEAR. Her echocardiogram: NORMAL...

I am suffering from scan-xiety, a condition well-understood by other cancer parents and patients. Little Warrior has been fighting a solid ...

Wednesday The Husband climbs back into bed at 7:00 am. There is a grocery store about 15 miles away that is up and working. He was there a...

Tuesday The husband got up and got to the grocery store right when it opened, because he’d been told by a store employee if he got there at ...

Monday I wake up early, as I will every day this week. A cool breeze wafts over me from the window. Little Warrior has climbed into bed b...

I'm sitting in the hospital, reading that our electricity isn't scheduled to come on til after next Thursday, and hearing that Berna...

Sunday The rain is even heavier today. Our cul de sac fills up, waves lap across it, crashing on our yards. It is hot. They say a cold fro...

Friday Sept. 12, 2008 We’ve been told that for where we live, we are to hunker down, not flee. We want to keep LW near her hospital and don...

We're okay. We're in the hospital. Wait. That sounds like when my mother said , ""LE was in a car accident. You don...

We live in an area that could be affected by the Hurricane. We are far enough away to feel fairly safe hunkering down, but close enough to ...

Just read this . I'm a big fan of Pioneer Woman . The way she writes about things like this is one reason why.

Being in CancerLand, I've become friends with many other cancer parents. Even though I'm immersed in the world, it's still shoc...

Sometimes, something comes along from the universe right when you really need it. Along with all the heartache, we've reached that time ...

Well, I watched Stand Up 2 Cancer. And unlike what I said below ... we donated. What can I say ... when it comes to cancer, I'm addicte...

Well, you guys know by now that it's a roller coaster for me, and some days, the big C hits harder than others. This is one of those day...

Anyone know of a fabulous UU sermon that touches on "responsibility"? One that would be good for being pulpiteered by a lay perso...

Oh, MAN . The Husband and I lived for many years in Austin, TX. Living there, we got to know the "mayor of South Austin," Danny R...