Tag Archives: love

Hey Anna

Hey Anna, I know you’ll never read this, but I have a lot of feelings and I need to get them out so you (and everyone else) are going to have to bear with me, k? Okay. You and I … Continue reading

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Pause

Today is my survivor anniversary.  Somehow a year has gone by since i finished treatment.  2014 turned out to be the longest year of my life and in comparison 2015 flew by in the blink of an eye. I’ve reached … Continue reading

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Rollercoasters don’t scare me anymore

This post goes out to the mamas. The working, constant-puzzle-solving, chaos-wrangling mamas. The stay at home, patience-weary, never-get-a-break mamas. The newborn, why-isn’t-(s)he-sleeping, how-can-you-still-be-hungry mamas. I have a question for you. What is the last thing you did for you? Seriously. … Continue reading

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I feel like I’m taking crazy pills

Hey there friends, remember me?  It’s been six weeks since I posted and not for a lack of news, but more because life is fracking chaos right now. I had wanted to blog through radiation, but with the holidays and … Continue reading

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From the chemo chair – THE FINAL CHAPTER

Here I am, folks. This is it! About 1.5 hours from now I will be done with all 6 of my chemo treatments. It’s been a long 15 weeks but from where I sit today it feels like it’s flown … Continue reading

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Are we there yet?

I’m tired.  Bone-crushing, soul-sucking, can’t-get-out-of-bed tired.  My family is tired.  My  rock of a husband is tired.  My girls are tired.  Tired of mama being sick.  Tired of mama being bald.  Tired of giving up every third weekend to mama … Continue reading

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From the Chemo Chair – Part 5, People!!!

Happy Halloween!! As much as I’m not psyched to have chemo on Halloweeen weekend, I am pumped that Nana is here AND that Nate picked up a job for today and tomorrow. I did scramble a little as we had … Continue reading

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Friends…and a whole lot of cookie butter

A good chunk of my childhood and teenage years was spent at ice skating rinks all across New England.  Though I wasn’t ever terribly good at it, I found precision skating (now called synchronized skating) in 5th grade and continued … Continue reading

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Hold your head up

You’re laying on the table in the ultrasound room and the tech has been gone for 10 minutes.  5 minutes would have been all that she needed to find the doctor, but now it’s been 10.  10 is too many. … Continue reading

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From the chemo chair – part 4!

The Grammie is here!! Mom landed last night and before getting the big kid off to school she presented the girls with their Halloween costumes. That’s right, my very own Princess Anna & Queen Elsa from Frozen! How spoiled are … Continue reading

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