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life with cancer

just when you think your day is bad…

on June 28, 2010 in What Pediatric Cancer Does

Tweet I was really considering ditching the whole blog thing.  Reading comment after comment from readers meant so much to me and it stood good chances of changing my mind. I won’t lie, I felt like a bit of a crybaby for all the complaining I did.  It’s ok, you can say it.  I did.  [...]

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i want to be a wuss, but i have a reason that most people don’t

on June 22, 2010 in life with cancer

Tweet “Is there anything wrong, mama?” My six-year-old will ask while she lays her head of soft brown locks on my chest.  She wraps her little arms as far as they will go to offer comfort on those days when I feel less than whole.  Maybe no one knows the way she does…not even her [...]

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Happy First Anniversary, Peyton

on November 12, 2009 in Faith

Tweet 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 [...]

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Only The Best…Nothing Else Will Do

on October 19, 2009 in aflac cancer center

Tweet In the days before Peter took the job that brought us to Georgia, we drove north to check out the hospital. We couldn’t even consider moving until we felt safe in our choice that SHOULD we need a hospital for treatment again, Peyton would have the best options available. We got a grand tour [...]

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Introducing Dr. Crazy

on September 29, 2009 in life with cancer

Tweet The girls got their hair cut today. Tomorrow’s picture day at school…sort of a big deal. One that Peyton will miss. Again. I can’t even tell you how much that sucks. Instead, we’ll be going for an eye exam with an ophthalmologist. Peyton has eye problems? You might ask. No. Peyton has headaches. She [...]

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I have a story to tell

on September 17, 2009 in all things bloggity

Tweet “I have a story to tell.” Those were her words.  She’s fourteen years old.  There should be no story to tell.  Her life should be Gossip Girl and first boyfriends, shopping trips and late night giggles. She shouldn’t have a story to tell yet. But Mary does. She has a story about cancer.  Having [...]

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