The Journey

Happy Halloween. Cancer is over. * *PleaseGodKnockWoodThankYewJeeeesus.

This morning, a woman with a gentle face popped her head around our door and asked if I was LW's mom. When I said yes, she said that sh...

... is not bad. Little Warrior's counts were good and a room was available, so we checked in yesterday. We should be able to leave at 4...

I can't sleep. This isn't unusual, and when it is the night before going into the hospital, it's a given. But tonight, rather t...

I mentioned, below, that The Boy is gaga over Obama. Let me expand on that. I guess it was about last February that he saw a speech of Obam...

The BFF-DRE is in Albuquerque, along with a gaggle of other Unitarian Universalist Directors of Religious Education. She went to Barack Oba...

My father called me a few days ago and announced that he and my mom needed to have a "Yes Day" with Little Warrior. So yesterday ...

FLAPPITY-FLAP-FLAP-FLAPPITY-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP-FLAP! (The sound of Lizard Eater shaking it off.) Cancer has stolen enough from me and my family....

A friend and I were talking about the end of LW's treatment. I explained that I was more nervous about being off-treatment than on. On...

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...