Category Archives: The stuff that sucks

Happy Birthday, Maddie

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 11, 2009

I believe in my heart Maddie and I would have fallen in love with each other…I know I was already head over heels, she just needed more time to get to know me better. She would have laughed at all the funny antics her mommy and I pulled. I most definitely would have been her favorite talk [...]

Also posted in Kerfluffle, friendship, the people i love | Tagged friends of maddie, maddie, newborn identity, the spohrs are multiplying | 12 Comments

There’s not enough candy in the world for this much crazy

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: November 5, 2009

Peyton had an oncology checkup on Tuesday. I had the pukes. They rescheduled it for Wednesday. I still didn’t feel like I was safe to be around the immune-compromised kids, so I canceled that one too. Now, we wait until next week to see her doctor and get her bloodwork. And I’m sort of relieved. It’s been a year off [...]

Also posted in aflac cancer center, living in the aftermath | Tagged aflac cancer center, anxiety, halloween, holidays, leukemia, off-treatment, oncology | 8 Comments

Free: Adjective or Verb?

By Anissa Mayhew | Published: October 13, 2009

There’s been the occasional question of what “Free Anissa” is supposed to mean. As I can tend to blather on until someone no longer cares, I try to keep it fairly brief in explanation…Twitter blockage, end of cancer, a new focus, blah blah blah. But, I clearly had great expectations for this new blog…it was going [...]

Also posted in balance, living in the aftermath | Tagged being free, family, the cancer life | 5 Comments