6 years ago we threw a New Years Eve party to mark the end of the year “I had cancer” and celebrate all our hopes and dreams for 2009. It was the happiest New Year of my life. I remember feeling so overwhelmed with gratefulness and so eager to see what the future held for […]
It was this time last year that I first starting experiencing back pain. Of course I quickly dismissed it as a sports related injury and carried on with all the merriment of the holidays. I threw Jay a surprise 40th birthday party, attended Christmas parties, saw the nutcracker, baked Christmas cookies, traveled all over Michigan to […]
Excited to share that my PET scan today revealed no new cancer growth!! We are relieved beyond words to get this good news. Jay and I enjoyed a beautiful breakfast together with tears of joy and laughter. Then keeper and I went for a long trail run. Since it was 36 degrees and drizzling there […]
On the crazy cycle of living with stage 4 breast cancer – tomorrow is a scan day. I have a PET scan at 7:15am. (deep breath. deep breath) We are thankful for family friends (Charlotte & JC Stites and their family) who we can drop off two blurry eyed kids to at 6:45am and know […]
Seven years ago today we heard five small words that changed the course of our life forever. I sat in the barber chair with a bouncing blonde two year old on my lap getting his curls trimmed, 7 months pregnant and thinking about cabinet finishes for the home renovation project we were in the middle of. I […]