Cancer Journey
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Starting Off October
October started out with quite a few activities, but the best one was definitely Arthur’s choir concert. It was their first concert of the year, and his choir sang two wonderful songs. It is amazing to not only see how… Continue reading
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Good News – A Health Update
This cancer journey has been a roller coaster of hard things and miracles. Through it all, we have had many things work out in my favor, but haven’t had a lot of good news. We have had plenty of “ok… Continue reading
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A New Haircut
Radiation does not do good things to hair. My first round of brain radiation, I ended up with large bald patches. Well, since the Gamma Knife treated thirteen spots over my entire brain, I have many, many bald patches now.… Continue reading
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One Year . . . Since Everything Changed
One year. How much can change in the course of a year? One year ago I was in emergency brain surgery to remove a large walnut sized tumor on the left frontal lobe of my brain. And with that discovery,… Continue reading
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Western Adventure: Part 2 – Idaho
On Sunday afternoon, my sister Holly picked Arthur and I up in Harrisville and headed to Twin Falls. We had a great time talking and catching up in the car. One crazy thing was as we were driving over the… Continue reading
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Escaping to Nashville with Pamela
A while back, Pamela and I were talking about how fun it would be for me to go to visit her once school was out and I finally had freedom. So we planned for her to come and get me… Continue reading
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A Huge Checkmark
Ever since my cancer decided to spread so terribly earlier this year, the fact that I have many new tumors in my brain (which had actually been tumor free) was weighing on me. For good reason, we were all concerned… Continue reading
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Miscellaneous May Adventures
May is so busy. All of the school things for me, activities for Arthur, anniversaries, birthdays, Mother’s Day, concerts, and treatments and doctor’s appointments. It is a tornado of things. So many of them are really good things, however, like… Continue reading
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Starting Out the Month of May
May is a crazy month – first, you have all the holidays – Mother’s Day, Lily’s birthday, and Kevin’s and my wedding anniversary. Then add in all the school things that I have to take care of as a teacher.… Continue reading
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Celebrating 25 Amazing & Adventurous Years
Twenty five years! What an amazing blessing and gift it has been to be married to Kevin this past quarter of a century, and I cannot even express how grateful I have to have him as my partner for eternity.… Continue reading
