Category: The Samantha Years
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Hey, we just enjoy it. I think we think we’re getting the hang of this thing you know? Keith Richards
For all of the ‘what-if’s’ I played in my head last night, Samantha passed her medical tests today with flying colors! Pancreas, liver, kidneys all look good and we are a go to continue with the diet. We are happy to be home and even happier that Samantha’s vital organs look good. She’s quite a…
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You don’t have to see the entire staircase, just take the first step….Martin Luther King Jr.
This is not our first step….perhaps our 20th but I still do not see the entire staircase. In fact, just when I think I can see the staircase, it becomes like those in the Harry Potter books…the staircase is always changing…keeping us on our toes. Samantha went in for a follow up blood test today…
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The People I Know
I am proud to call this woman a friend. Heather Janssen, mom, wife, writer, editor, lovely, proud, force of nature gave this speech on Friday about living with stage 4 breast cancer. Sometimes the ‘unfairness’ in life is balanced by the amazing people you meet along the way….. My name is Heather Janssen. Please accept…
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Fe, fi, fo, fum….what’s going on with Samantha’s tum?
At first I thought it was the dreaded UTI. Logical, typical, predictable. Thursday meant canceling school, other appointments, loading up the Malibu and heading down to TCH. No UTI. “Really? Can we check again?” I sometimes get an idea in my head about Samantha and hold onto it like a dog with a bone….grrrrr…must be…
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I Cannot Buy an iPad
Today Apple unveiled it’s highly anticipated tiny, tablet computer…. The world waited with breath that was baited…. I heard it on the news this morning…. The iPad. I laughed out loud. I have iPads in my bathroom, next to the maxi pads. Funny, but this is a HUGE corporation, surely they have checked with the…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 