Three Year Transplant-versary
April 13th marked three years since Caden received his life-saving bone marrow transplant.
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No Fear New Year
Well, we made it through the holidays.
Writing through the Pain
Some of you know that earlier this year I contributed a chapter in the anthology, Deserts to Mountaintops the Pilgrimage of Motherhood, led by Jessica Buchanan.
Waves of Chaos
My parents were both born and raised in Southern California, and after moving to Washington in 1985, we spent most summers going back for a week to stay at my grandparents’ house in Newport Beach.
10 years
10 years ago today I woke up and took this photo of myself in the mirror to document where I was in my pregnancy - 24 weeks along.
Exhale
For the past two months, I felt like we were standing in place, unable to move forward, unable to make future plans; everything hinging on Caden’s last round of chemo, and the next biopsy to know what was next for us.
Sliding Doors
When I was in high school, I loved the movie “Sliding Doors”, with Gwyneth Paltrow.
Delays and Disappointments
An update is long overdue, but each week as I have gone to write something, we were dealt one blow after another, and sharing information and my thoughts was pushed to the back burner.
The Importance of Friendships
When Caden was first hospitalized in 2022, I was so overwhelmed with the shock and the grief of hearing that he had cancer, I kept to myself most of the time.
Smells Like Creamed Corn
Alternate title: Seattle Children’s will be paying to have my car detailed.