Realizing it has been over a year since I have done any kind of update on the blog and theres been a lot happening. Last year, we found out we were expecting our second child. With the excitement of adding another baby, I had a lot of apprehension surrounding the pregnancy. The last time … Continue reading Well Hello Again Friends!
A lot has been happening in our lives lately. In September, Ben and I finally found a home we could call our own. After six long years of looking, constant changes in the housing market and seeing one bad house after another, we finally found one that felt like ours. I know there are … Continue reading “Ch Cha Changes!”
Good grief! Grief is a weird thing, right? It’s this intense, overwhelming emotion that we cary with us when something horrible happens. Sometimes you feel like it will never go away, and sometimes you let it overcome your world because that’s the only logical way to handle grief it seems. In the last 4 years, … Continue reading Good Grief
So sorry it has been such a long time since we’ve done an update! Since Brooklyn’s finished treatment, we have been spending a lot of time having play dates, going to the Zoo, swimming and going to the park. This is the first summer in two years that we have been able to do … Continue reading The Best Summer Yet
January 27, 2023 was Brooklyn’s last day of her last round of chemotherapy. February 21, she rang the End of Therapy bell. Obviously we were all over the moon that she had overcome such a huge milestone by completing her 6 cycles of chemo at 20 months old. Things are looking bright here at the … Continue reading Three Months Out
In the wee hours of the morning, I feel tiny hands pulling at my shirt looking for comfort. I roll over and oblige followed by the sweet sound of “up” meaning : “Mama, I want to lay on you”. Again, I oblige. I notice the soft fuzz on my face as Brooklyn tries to decide … Continue reading Sweet Successes
As I’m sitting here with Ben, after sending Brooklyn off for her end of therapy MR, I cant help but feel some anxieties that take my breath away. In the beginning when we first got Brooklyn’s diagnosis of her grade three anaplastic ependymoma, I worried about what the chemo would do to her, how it … Continue reading More Ups Than Downs
We have spent a lot of time in the hospital, like a lot of time. Needless to say, I find myself comfortable here somehow and often times I wonder why. It’s not often that I like to remember the time we have spent in the hospital with Brooklyn and after the time off we have … Continue reading You Make a Difference
Failures I’ve had my fair share of failures. Like a lot of them. You guys remember “Auntie Meg’s Salsa”? Yeah… I know, salt in old wounds. Jewelry sales…Fail. Skin care sales…Fail. I wouldn’t call health coaching a failure because my priorities had to shift, but you get the gist. We all talk about failures in … Continue reading Are You Really Failing?
Sometimes I forget that we have a child that has special needs, and to say that outloud even feels weird. The way I look at her is so different than an outsider looks at her. It’s normal for me to have a child that doesn’t walk, that hates rolling over and who gets chemotherapy. … Continue reading There’s a lot going on…okay?
Fearfully and Wonderfully Brave 