I have so many things I want to tell y'all. . . and I will. But, first, here's the headline in my world today. . . I went to sleep - a full 24 hours of chemo coma, more or less. . . And woke up to (a lil' bit of) SNOW!!!! I am VERY excited... Continue Reading →
i think i’ll remember this past week as the week that everything changed.
Just this past Halloween - a couple of weeks ago - I shared this picture of myself, standing in my costume, ready to go with Sara and Henry and the rest of our bunch for a little bit: That night, if you had seen me walk, it would have been VERY slow - and I... Continue Reading →
navigating when i really can’t walk. and learning to be speedracer. and amazing jen hatmaker outings. and grace.
First, I don't know how to describe this shuffle and slide and hold on to everything-and-everybody-near-me thing I've got going on right now when I try to "walk" - but my mobility has gone to hell in a handbasket in the past couple of days (not that it was great before - but this is... Continue Reading →
the medical news just sucked yesterday.
Yesterday, several friends on Instagram were doing the #OneDayHH thing, where they were posting pictures of just their regular activities throughout the day. And I had planned to participate as well yesterday morning. So I took these adorable pictures: When we were out at the grocery store, I began to realize I was in big... Continue Reading →
oh my word. what a thursday morning – and, owww, my foot. :(
Originially, this was going to be a political type post (fear not, that has totally changed). However, Monday night was a bad weather night in my state. What that means for me is this: When Mr. James Spann starts saying things like "potential long-track tornadoes" days in advance of a system that is going to... Continue Reading →
getting our Christmas on. :)
As I've mentioned before, last year we decided - after the loss of a very close friend and my becoming essentially homebound due to my illness - not to postpone things that bring joy, like beginning to celebrate the Christmas season in our home as early as we want to. I LOVE it so much.... Continue Reading →
remembering ryan – and finding wings.
When our dear friend Ryan passed away, he didn't want a memorial service. That type of thing really wasn't him. He was too full of life for all of that business. So we started celebrating him at our local Dia de los Muertos festival instead with an altar for him. All of the colors and... Continue Reading →
it’s the most wonderful time of the year. . .
After my last post about all that is going awry right now, I want to encourage all of us to, yes, pay attention and stand and be heard, but also to be sure we are taking time away from this insanity for plenty of rest and time with loved ones and self care. I'm also... Continue Reading →
shining light in a time of darkness
At the end of a hate-filled week, an anti-Semitic alt-right psychopath entered the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last Saturday and murdered eleven people during their time of worship. He injured two other worshipers as well as four police officers. It is heartbreaking and disgusting and just unbearable. After this horrific attack occurred, the... Continue Reading →
