The Journey

I'm tired of feeling scared. I'm tired of being so effing fragile that the least little thing makes me cry. I'm tired of losing ...

Just a little detail ... because until I entered Childhood Cancer Land, I didn't know: St. Jude Research Hospital is not a "when no...

The Husband is working from home today. Despite injunctions to "Pretend Daddy isn't really here," she just interrupted his wo...

The Deist is. And Lazy Buddhist . And the BFF-DRE. So ... okay. After putting up with (she says with a grin) the BFF-DRE sweating and st...

It's a strange world we live in, guys. If you buy specially packaged Huggies diapers or Campbell's chicken noodle soup or even a pin...

There are three different detergents in my laundry room. Tide, because that's what we use, Unscented ALL concentrate, because that'...

Little Warrior is in my bathroom right now. She has climbed up the tub and onto the counter, where she can look in the mirror. She is lookin...

I'm curious ... has anyone seen any analysis of whether Obama's campaign has been good for African American pundits? It seems like -...

I'm tapped out. I can't make adult conversation anymore. So many different things this week ... We went to Clinic on Tuesday, to be...

Don't you wish a music video's lyrics matched the video? Here you go -- "Literal" Take On Me ...

"What's that game," I ask The Husband, "that one where you have a list of words you're not allowed to use?" He d...

FYI ... if you have any church members or friends who are caregivers in a crisis situation -- taking care of a parent with Alzheimers, or ta...

I just finished my day-before-hospital routine, doing the day-before-hospital shopping. There are three elements to this: Buy food for my f...

Moxie wants to know 5 things people may not know about you. Here's mine: 1) I can wiggle my ears and my nose. 2) I just received my f...

I want a world where there is no "spin alley," where a news station not only does not allow representatives from a candidate's...

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 ...