The day my daughter lost her eye, I lost a part of myself — but I also gained something new. It's been a while since my last post and so much has changed since then. On Wednesday, October 20, 2021 I got the kids ready for school and we rode up to the bus stop. My husband Jeff and our youngest baby were hours away at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and my firstborn son was spending three days without us. He was going off on his first ...
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It Came Back
On this very day last year, our lives changed forever with this photo. Looking back on the months following, I couldn't see an ending in sight. And then, On May 9, 2021, Sariyah completed all 11 courses of chemotherapy! ...
Retinoblastoma and A Mother’s Intuition
As the year 2020 comes to an end, I wanted to share what has been going on these past few months. I've worked in a children's hospital for thirteen years now and there's one word that always trips me up. It's always been the word that I've tip toed around. I've seen the heartache and havoc it wreaks. Yet I've also see the strength and courage it forges. For whatever reason or another I've just always avoided the word. I could have never ...
