Get in Here Now “Laura, can you come here a minute please?” My heart sank. After 2.5 years with Belle, my husband, myself, and her nurses have come to know that it’s never good news when one of us says the words, “Can you come here a minute” from her room. This particular Sunday morning […]
I distinctly remember running in to our room, collapsing on the bed, and bursting in to tears. We were spending the week at a beautiful lake home in Deep Creek, Maryland with all of our extended family. I rarely focus on the things Anabelle can’t do, but this one was so in my face that […]
“No!” I yell as she climbs to the top of the ottoman. “NO!” She repeats back at me defiantly, so proud of herself for making it to the top! “Sit down!” I say as she stands up on her brother’s recliner chair. “SIT DOWN!” she snaps right back at me as she proceeds to jump […]
It had sure been a week when we found ourselves at Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park last Saturday morning. It seemed like it was one medical mishap after another all week long. Nothing major, praise God. No ER visits or helicopter rides. Just the constant day in and day out grind, escalated as Belle […]
I need to premise this post by saying it is very different than most of my blog entries. It is, intentionally, much more medical than what I usually write about, however my purpose is different. Of course I hope people who love Belle and whom are interested in her journey will read because, quite frankly, […]
“This girl is just so happy,” I said to my husband, laughing. Our smiling, bouncing toddler turned and looked me square in the eye with her cheeky, toothy grin and squealed, “Appeee! Appeee!” Joey and I looked at each other, mouths dropped. “Did she just say happy?” he asked. Upon hearing her new word, specifically, […]
KICKING MY BUTT I’m a bit ashamed of myself that it has taken me over 2 months to write about the amazing event that happened in our lives on Oct. 21st. The truth is, life has been absolutely kicking my butt over the last few months. I really mean that in the best possible way. […]
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? I’m still processing the events of the last three weeks. Still trying to find meaning in it all. Still trying to see the beauty in ashes, because I’ve learned it always exists. The short of what happened with Anabelle a few weeks ago is that after a seemingly normal day, I started […]
A YEAR IN REVIEW A year old? Did that really just happen? Only ONE overnight in the hospital after our initial stay? Are you kidding me? Speaking of our initial stay, they told us 2-6 months and we checked out the day she turned two months old! Is this for real? ZERO fevers, ZERO […]
“I think I want to start a tree service” my husband said matter-of-factlly as we pedaled our bikes along the river trail. The previous weekend he and his brother had cut down a tree, and that one he-man experience was all it took to spark this newfound interest in my dreamer husband. It was the […]
