From the category archives:

Family

So Brief

August 4, 2010

The other night I was looking through old emails my Aunt Kathy sent me. I came across this one written on July 20th of last year: Heather, It was great to see you this past weekend, and I’m happy things are progressing so well with Binky. I had originally wanted to give you this poem [...]

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All The Stars Are Silent

July 21, 2010

When Madeline was in the NICU, my Aunt Kathy sent her a card every day. Kathy finished four weeks of full-brain radiation last week. She was incredibly weak, sleeping almost round the clock. The doctors remained optimistic. Two days ago, Kathy watched a movie with her sister, my Aunt Terry. The next morning, she was [...]

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Lay Back ‘Cause This Is Summertime

July 7, 2010

We started the day at home, making faces and playing on the floor. Then it was off to Gramma and Bampa’s house to enjoy the holiday. Annabel grabbed one of her sister’s bathers and was all set for the warm weather. Luckily, she loved swimming as much as her sister did, too. We all enjoyed [...]

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The Best

June 20, 2010

Some might say the girls are lucky. But I think I’m pretty lucky, too. Happy Father’s Day to my two dads. We love you.

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Kids Moms Say The Darndest Things

June 14, 2010

At first glance most people think my mom is pretty with it for someone her age.  She has an iPhone and uses it to take videos of Annabel, she has a Facebook page and knows more about what’s going on with my friends than I do and she even has a twitter account that she [...]

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Keeping Focus

June 9, 2010

Thank you EVERYONE for your amazing support and encouragement for my aunt. Many of you wrote with treatment ideas, and all of it went straight into the big binder that my mom and Aunt Terry are keeping everything organized in. Everything will be brought up to my aunt’s team of doctors. Yesterday, Aunt Kathy saw [...]

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