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Support Brains and Babes!

The 12th Annual Race for Research is a mere 22 days away! Can’t be with us? Love to run or walk? Want to support a great cause and make a difference? Buy our team shirt, wear it and run or walk on July 23rd in support of Team Babes with Brains, brain tumor research and my journey … Continue reading →

Big Steps

An extension of our journey begins tomorrow. I’ve been keeping this to myself for quite some time. Not quite sure how to share and not quite sure how it all would be received, I’ve kept my mouth shut.  From the outset, in the first moments I wondered if I was being “Punked”and an MTV crew … Continue reading →

Beautiful Coincidence

We scheduled our daughters delivery, via C-section, weeks ago. The date worked well with our summer schedules and it was also the date my OB was available. Aside from that, it’s simply been a date on our calendars and a date we are all excitedly counting down to. Through the course of conversation via email, … Continue reading →

To Overcome

I, and we have overcome quite a bit these last few years. Obviously the brain tumor is on the top of the list, but the list is long and filled with a lot of challenges we or I’ve managed to overcome.   To say the journey is complete, there are no daily challenges or emotional … Continue reading →

Transparency

In the midst of living comfortably in our ‘normal’ and willingly sharing the emotions of our journey along the way, I still get caught off guard and it’s not always a bad thing.  While I don’t share all that I write and I don’t share all that is our life and my every single feeling … Continue reading →

Sharing The Gift Of Life

  I’ve been an organ donor since I got my driver’s license at 16. It entirely made sense 20 years ago to become an organ donor. My parents were donors and so I became one. Quite frankly, I don’t think I spent much time thinking about the meaning and significance of the gesture of becoming … Continue reading →

Lucky

I can hear my mother’s voice in my head as I type right now.   Ohhhhh, Jen… What are you thinking? You have your hands full already! I’m worried about you, what are you going to do with another one!  Sorry Mom. I love you, but what can I say… if it’s meant to be, it’s … Continue reading →

Coming Clean

In light of the chaos that ensued yesterday which ultimately necessitated my being admitted to the hospital, my ability to maintain a secret neatly bundled in a private package has suddenly gotten more difficult.  Yesterday was the second time I participated in Emory’s Doctor for a Day. A program for corporate and community leaders to … Continue reading →

Milestones

I opened my eyes this morning only to have two eyes and a button nose staring back at me. “Good Morning Mommy! Can I have my Eggs and Bacon?” he called running out of the room. I rolled out of bed, stepped into my slippers, grabbed my glasses and headed to the kitchen scrolling through the 23 emails … Continue reading →

Three Gifts

I either get flack or positive remarks on our family holiday gift giving tradition.    Aside from what the boys receive from Grandparents, Godparents and a few very close family friends, they only receive three gifts each from Santa.   Nothing comes from us and the boys believe the three gifts are from Santa, which of course … Continue reading →

A Four Letter Word

I asked Tucker, as I do everyday, how his day was at school. He said, “Not Good“, then came a flood of tears. I swooped in with a hug and began to peel back what was hiding behind the tears streaming down his face. It was a four letter word. A little girl in his … Continue reading →

A Wave and A Smile

  For four years as I’ve driven down a road in my area, I’ve been the happy recipient of a giant smile and friendly wave. It took me a while to figure out what was going on. To be honest I assumed I was mistaken for someone else. Not until I was out running one day … Continue reading →