Category: Earlier Chapters

Boy these are stressful times. Is it just me? I’m still looking for work. (It’s super fun applying for minimum wage jobs at 40, btw). I had an interview last week for a residential counseling job that I really want and I feel like it went really well! I haven’t heard from them yet, but…

Whoo Hoo!! Thank you for all the affirmations, support, and magic! Huge shifts are happening in my world. I think I’m almost out of this particular storm. Aidan’s situation at middle school was reaching a breaking point and finally his Dad has agreed to transfer him to an alternative charter school in Santa Ana! I…

And the hits just keep coming. 2018 is giving me lots of opportunities to practice staying connected to my truth and remember that I’m safe and loved, no matter what. In the last 6 weeks, I’ve been dragged into family court for a sudden custody battle (still ongoing) for which I’m representing myself, I’ve received…

Update and request for help! Thank you to everyone who sent love, prayers, and support for my debut appearance in family court on Wednesday. It’s always been one of my worst fears, and facing it was really scary. Once I actually got there though, it wasn’t nearly as intimidating as it has been in my…

It was four years ago today, September 9th, that we found out Brooke’s cancer had returned for a second round. (Round One began 8.5 years ago, in Feb, 2009.) What a crazy ride it’s been. Now she’s completely healthy and back to the business of being an almost-ten-year-old. She blends right in with the other…

You know all those inspiring tales of the phoenix rising from the ashes of destruction? Well, they seem to really glaze over just how difficult that rebirth process actually is. I’ve found that there’s a lot more to it than just shaking off the dust and returning to life as it was before with a…

Coming back to the world and plugging in again in these times is interesting. I know that the best thing I can do in response to all the upsetting news I read is to embody love and hope and thoughts that feel good so that I can spread love and hope in all I do.…

Tuesday was Brooke’s last appointment at the Outpatiant Infusion Center where we have spent so much time over the last 2.5 years. (Not to mention the 2.25 years when she was younger!) It was an exciting day, full of lots of happy, tearful goodbyes to the amazing doctors and nurses that have seen us through…

Today marks the completion of Brooke’s 106th and final week of treatment since her leukemia relapse in September, 2013. She did 56 weeks of high dose chemo followed by 50 weeks of maintenance doses, including one week of radiation treatments. It took 28 months to get through it all because her team would pause her…

I introduced my kids to the Back to the Future trilogy about 18 months ago, and they loved it! I’ve lost count of how many times Brooke and I watched the movies in the hospital. So today, in honor of Back to the Future Day, we had a marathon and watched all 3 movies! And…