BMF

Friendship is a beautiful treasure...best friends, life long friends, girlfriends, sister friends, mommy friends and the list goes on and on, but does anyone have a BFF with a Y Chromosome?

Growing up I was a 'bit' on the boys team.  You could ...

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First Visit Home

Paris came home this weekend.  We were super excited to see her.  The children went wild with excitement.  So much to do, so little time to do it...especially when your splitting that time between two families.  It was just ...

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Day 70

 

Our appointment this week was a bit long.  I've been spoiled over the last few weeks of getting blood work done, a quick exam/review and receiving results later in the day.  This appointment took hours and there really wasn't ...

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When you Wish Upon a Star

The Make A Wish team came by to meet Princess Reya and begin the process of designing a wish consisting of who? what? where? and when!  That line of questioning took us straight down a path to Disney World to meet none other than Princess ...

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Oh Brother

Our dear wonderful brother, we love walking you to the bus stop in the morning.  We cry and are sad when you leave.  Somewhere between walking back home and crossing the threshold of the doorway our minds are in the zone....The Girl Zone!

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Family Fishing Fun

The Starlight Foundation is an organization that provides entertainment, education and family activities for seriously ill children in the United States and their families.  Starlight sponsored an event this weekend entitled "Go Fish" for any ...

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Life Threatening & Life Loss

 A life threatening illness and/or it's diagnosis will instantly throw your life into a tail spin.  Week in and week out, I see so many lives that have been altered by aplastic anemia, sickle cell anemia, leukemia, hodgkin's lymphoma, ...

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Back to School

Jalen started school this week.  School was closed several days due to the hurricane.  Classroom notifications literally came out the day before orientation last week.  It was fun to message, text and check Facebook to see whose ...

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On Track

On the grow and still blonde in some areas

Mireya's appointment this week was quick, fast and without major issue.  She's gaining weight, full of energy and and her counts are good.  Even that lagging magnesium is coming up.  For ...

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Count Your Blessings

I had the awesome opportunity to speak with a lady I'll call Ms. Caroline.  Ms. Caroline saw the 'Acts of Kindness' piece on Channel 12.  She contacted my church with the desire to get in touch with us.  Over 40 years ago she was ...

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Visiting the Isolated & Shut In

We've had a few really fun visits over the last week.  Our friends the Woods are in town and it goes without saying that we will find our way together before they hit the road.  Rebound and recovery did not stop the visit this go ...

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On the Radio

oh, oh, oh, oh (sing it Donna Summer). We had a great time at the Children's Hospital of Richmond for their 2nd Annual Radiothon with Big Oldies 107.3 and 98.9 Liberty. Mireya threw on her Maxi dress, glittery flip flops and asked for her matching ...

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Smooth Sailing

Operation "Eliminate Pnuemonia" is in effect. Reya had a great appointment with the respiratory therapist. He loved that she 'dressed' up for the occasion. A fluffy princess tulle skirt and equally flashy rhinestone filled twinkle toes.

I was a bit ...

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Sunday of Summer

A friend of mine recently posted on Facebook that August is the 'Sunday of Summer'.  A perfectly coined phrase, that is so true. This has been all but a normal summer for us.  Summer time is truly our fun time.  We were sidelined and ...

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