Dear Sweet Mary Hazel, I just scheduled your two-year-old well visit. As chance would have it, the appointment falls on the anniversary of the day we first learned of your cancer diagnosis. Almost to… more →
Two Possums and a Bugwrote 11 months ago: Dear Sweet Mary Hazel, I just scheduled your two-year-old well visit. As chance would have it, the a … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 4.10.12 Mary Hazel has mastered the use of the phrase *thumbs up” in every context. When she p … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 3.7.12 We finally have everyone nursed back to health. (Knock, knock.) I was so relieved and ambitio … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The little boy, who was Mary Hazel’s next door neighbor last July at the Children’s Canc … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A Photo Essay on Kindness (as told by Mary Hazel, age 21 months) “I made a new friend today. I … more →
wrote 1 year ago: My heart is heavy. Baby Noah passed away this afternoon. I hear he was surrounded by his loving pare … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Today’s act of kindness was bittersweet. It has been on my list since the beginning, but I kep … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Earlier today, the kids and I got caught in a gully washer. It was a doozy. We were trapped with sev … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes being kind isn’t much fun at all. Sometimes it makes you feel downright lousy. Just … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Happy World Kidney Day! What? You didn’t know!? It’s not on your Google Calendar as a recurring even … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 3.1.12 When I brought Mary Hazel her soup for dinner last night, I noticed that she had her tiny lit … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes you don’t have to seek out a someone to bestow your kindness upon, sometimes that so … more →
wrote 1 year ago: 2.24.12 I realized today when Charlie hugged me (while I was drying my hair) that his head no longer … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Russell and I say to each other every other week, “We should really go visit Aunt Willie.” We strong … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I got locked out of the house this morning. This happens more often than I care to admit. I like to … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been researching a family trip to Disney World in the not-so-distant future because I think the … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I got the phone call on my way home from work yesterday at 6:00. (Thank you, Dr. Cook, for not makin … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been dreading today since we scheduled this follow-up CT Scan three months ago. As part o … more →
wrote 1 year ago: It was one of those days when I wanted to follow the children around with a video camera. Here are a … more →