This weekend, the famous Jackie! came down to visit. I haven’t updated on her in a while…mostly because she was going through chemo and radiation, and there wasn’t anything to report during those six weeks. Jackie!’s last day of radiation was on the 22nd, which coincided with her final day of the first round of [...]

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California Octobers have the kind of weather that our colder northern neighbors would most likely envy. Most days the temperature sits around 80 with a warm breeze. But those warm breezes can also bring disaster. This October, there have been wind-blown wildfires that have destroyed beautiful hills and homes. When I took this picture, I [...]

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I just spent the evening playing with Maddie. She’s still army-crawling up a storm (one of these days she’ll figure out that her legs are helpful), discovering her toys, and interacting with Mike and me. It’s so much fun to watch her world expand by leaps and bounds every second of the day. We are [...]

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