I was fortunate to attend the 2nd Annual Quiet Heroes Luncheon in Atlanta yesterday, honoring the mothers (and some fathers, too) of children with cancer, and serving as a fundraiser for two worthwhile organizations, CURE Childhood Cancer and CureSearch. And much like I looked around earlier this week at other 40-yr olds, and thought, “Well, [...]
207 Days to Go Kendrie and I got to take part in a fun event not too long ago …. The Tour De Georgia Bike Race, which rolled through Macon recently. Dodge Tour de Georgia® is an annual, world-class, professional cycling stage race and series of city festivals across Georgia. Proceeds from the event benefit [...]
214 Days to Go HEROES come in many shapes and sizes. For most of us, when we are very young, our first hero is a mom or dad (depending on which one actually kills the spiders in the bathroom, kisses away the owies, and can get the lid off the jelly jar). Then, most children [...]
Week #9 of LTM Yeah, hands down, if I had to choose between how our family spent Columbus Day Weekend THIS year, and Columbus Day Weekend LAST year, I’d have to say THIS year was much more fun. Oh sure, there were blood draws and count checks involved both times, and mood swings and tears, [...]
The comparisons between natural disasters and the world of childhood cancer.Week #4, LTM The only thing worse than the rain and bad weather from Hurricane Frances canceling the Atlanta Braves baseball game that we were supposed to attend yesterday with friends, watching the ceremony for the MLB fundraising initiative for CureSearch National Childhood Cancer Foundation……… [...]
We are fast approaching Kendrie’s one-year anniversary of being diagnosed with leukemia. To say it has been a challenging year would be an understatement. The challenge for Kendrie has been enduring the numerous spinal taps, chemo sessions, blood draws, shots, and mountains of oral medicines she has taken since diagnosis, and will continue to take [...]
Week #9 (extended a week for vacation)of IM #2 Yep, we’re still hanging out with friends and family in OKC for our vacation, which has consisted primarily of swimming, whining, staying up too late, whining, drinking gallons of caffeine and sugar-loaded pop, whining … and of course that’s just the way the KIDS are behaving! [...]