AmyD. | February 26, 2010
Kate recently scored a 160 out of 150 (yes, that’s right!) on a poetry project for English. One poem in particular had me tearing up just a bit. It’s very sweet and is a special memory for both of us.
A Sundae Morning
Aw, a blissful morning
Full of love cartoons and sundaes
Sleeping in, crawling into a [...]
Category: Memories, People I Love, Written by Kate |
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Tags: homework, hot fudge sundae, kate, katie, mom stories, poem, poetry, sundae morning, sundaes
AmyD. | December 31, 2009
It’s been six years since I finished watching the Rose Parade and answered the phone to find my doctor on the other end asking me if I wanted to “get it over with.”
“Get it over with.”
That’s a fitting way to end the pregnancy that rendered the family and ultimately the world absolutely helpless [...]
Category: Captured for Posterity, Holidays, Maggie Adventures, Mom Stuff, My Humiliation For Your Pleasure, People I Love |
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Tags: birthday, family, Holidays, Kids, Maggie, New Year's Day 2010
AmyD. | December 1, 2009
A year ago today I was trapped in a hospital room watching my son recover from Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection. Horrific, excruciating, and painful are all understatements.
Mike stayed as long as he could before taking our girls home and leaving me down at UCLA with Ethan. In the room I kept a brave face, made [...]
Category: Captured for Posterity, Holidays, Life Happens..., Memories, Mom Stuff, Observations, People I Love, Serious, The Time Has Come |
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Tags: amy grant, cancer, chemo, Chris Eaton, Christmas, Christmas carols, Ethan, I Need A Silent Night, Memories, radiation, recovery, RPLND, song lyrics, surgeries, testicular cancer, UCLA, video