Category Archives: Faith

Happy First Anniversary, Peyton

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 12, 2009

It’s been a year. A year since I handed Peyton her last dose of chemotherapy medicine and she downed it like a champ. A year since the clock started ticking….the one that counts off the days to five years. She’s finally gotten to the age where she’s got more days off-chemo than on-chemo in her lifetime. It was [...]

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It’s just a cold. It’s just a cold. It’s just a cold.

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: August 31, 2009

Peyton’s had the crud. I try not to let that be a big deal. Kids get sick…even kids who had cancer are allowed to get JUST.GET.SICK. But. Low-grade fever. Three words I really hate. I would guess those words induce some sort of PTSD reaction in me…my palms will get sweaty and my heart races…I flash back to telling [...]

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Whatever it may be

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: August 17, 2009

“You’re so strong” “I couldn’t do it” “I’m in awe of you” I can’t tell you how many times someone said or wrote these words to me over the past three years. Usually at the moments I felt the weakest, the least awesome, knowing that any moment I couldn’t do it anymore. Those words spurred two very different responses. They [...]

Also posted in living in the aftermath, things you have to learn | Tagged Faith, finding strength, the aftermath | 2 Comments