You never knew a woman like my Aunt Linda. She was vibrant and free spirited and full of more life than you could imagine. Her smile made you smile, her laugh made you laugh, her hugs made all of the pain go away in a matter of seconds ( Read more... )

Aunt Linda had to have a blood transfusion last night. She is losing blood from somewhere, but they can't seem to figure out from where. My mom's theory is that the tumor is just so large and so greedy, it's essentially stealing her blood. But, my mom is no medical expert, so I dont even know if that's actually possible ( Read more... )

Today should have been a happy day... Albeit, a bittersweet kind of happy, but happy, none the less ( Read more... )

I was all ready to come back and make a witty little blog post about all of the fun and silliness that ensued in Houston over the past few days, and there was indeed much fun and silliness to talk about. I was able to spend some time with an old friend that I haven’t seen in 2 ½ years, and though we only got to hang out for one night, seeing him ( Read more... )

First off, let me thank everyone who left me kind comments or emails/phone calls/texts/etc in regards to my Aunt Linda. She started her treatment last week and is having radiation 6 times a week right now. My mom went and saw her on Saturday, and said she seems to be doing well. She's obviously very tired, and she's already lost 50lbs, but mom said ( Read more... )

It seems like just when everything is going pretty well, and things are pretty happy in my neck of the woods, I take another blow that sets me back ( Read more... )

I started typing up an entry last Friday, but it got really long and really out of control and I finally realized that I wasn't typing a journal entry, I was typing a bit of a memoir to myself ( Read more... )

And just when I thought that this year's birthday was going to go by unscathed... The curse, rears it's ugly head (damn you, Liza ( Read more... )

I am happy to report that this year's birthday was relatively curse-free!! Even though, onewhoknows did wish me a "Happy Curse Day"! Because, well... She would be one of the peeps who has had to suffer due to my birthday, being normally cursed! Heh ( Read more... )

I can already tell that this year is going to be a much better birthday than say... The Great Radiohead Rainout ( Read more... )