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Peaceful. Serene. Slight swaying motion rocking away any worries or fears, lulling you into a restful state. I could use some of that about now. My husband got me a hammock for my birthday. I’ve been able to enjoy it exactly once – on my actual birthday. I laid in my new hammock with Ben […]

Oh, I love this day. As I type this I’m wrangling a can of sour cream and onion Pringles (the ones in the green can) from my son. I know… cut the kid some slack. Right? Potato chips are my vice. Ultimately, I like them to be substantial in shape and texture but that doesn’t […]

Here’s the scoop on the Bean (he’s recently asked me to stop calling him this but I didn’t think my readers would mind): Dr. Greffe called to say that he’s consulted with Dr. Maris at Children’s Hospital of Philadelpia (CHoP), Dr. Matthay in San Francisco, and Dr. Cohn in Chicago. They are all Neuroblastoma experts. […]

Okie dokie. I had to look this up because I’ve never heard of a yellow pig, let alone celebrate its National holiday. Here’s what I found: The Yellow Pig was the brainstorm of mathematicians Michael Spivak and David C. Kelly in the early 1960’s. They were students at Princeton University, studying mathematics. History was made […]

Thursday, July 16 is completely open to anyone who’d like to suggest a National Holiday. I’m going to suggest National Butter Day. It might already exist in some other month, but until I come across it, I’m picking today to celebrate. It’s the time of year for festivals and street fairs, which makes me think […]

Awww, man! It’s National Nude Day. And I have to take Ben to the hospital for a bone marrow biopsy. He’ll most likely be nude during this procedure, but that doesn’t help me any. I like being naked, however, I don’t think I have the guts to go to Children’s Hospital in my birthday suit. […]

I am “bad mood mom” right now. I have my eyes closed and my fingers are furiously tapping on my little keyboard here… letting it all come out. What will come out? I don’t know. Reminds me of that George Carlin skit about things left in the refrigerator too long – could be meat, could […]

Okay, so I’ll probably be taking a small break from my National Holidays posting until we get Ben’s results. I missed National Sugar Cookie Day, which was also my birthday, and then today was Teddy Bear Picnic day. I wouldn’t have had much to say about that anyway. I had planned to do a whole […]

I’ve been trying really hard lately to stop using curse words. I’ve done lots of wrong things in my life but I’m convinced that my on-going usage of expletives will be my ultimate downfall. I will try to abstain from usage here in my post. F*%$. Sorry. See, I’m sitting here, typing, listening to my […]

Boy. This is Ben’s day. My son lives and breathes video games. Ben was 2 1/2 when he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, stage IV. He was in treatment from February, 2004 to June, 2005. I’d say that 90% of that time was inpatient at Children’s Hospital. I’d also say that more than 3/4 of that […]