Category: The Samantha Years
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I’m bringin’ sexy back
Hubby was gone last week on a business trip. As any parent of young children, sometimes you gotta spice things up. I decided we needed a lovely dinner for two, little wine, little music, little candle light to celebrate his return. That’s right my friends…spicy! Friday afternoon- crab legs are on sale…mmmmmmm crab legs.. Chocolate…
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Good Grief????
It’s something I deal with on a daily basis…being the mom of Lil’ Miss. It’s a feeling that has many facets. An emotion I bring out every once in a while. An emotion so powerful it can literally consume you…an emotion that is divided into other emotions because it is so complex…. Grief…… ……it seems…
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Fighting the Good Fight
Every evening….. After Samantha has been cath’d, changed into her pj’s, the oxygen turned on, the meds delivered, her tube site cleaned, formula prepared and the feeding pump primed and ready for the night…. …..her Daddy leans down, kisses her head and says “Good night Samantha, keep fighting the good fight.” This is part of…
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Filter Free
I’m not sure if it’s my aging mind, lack of sleep, PTSD or a combination of the three but sometimes the filter between my head and mouth does not work quite so well. This can be problematic. Since we spend SO much time at Children’s, I have been asked to sit on a couple boards;…
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Ah-Choo!
So, Lil’ Miss in her true form made the hospital staff run around for a couple days, recovered and was released last Friday. We still don’t know what made her so sick. Virus? Perhaps. Months ago we had booked a condo in Vail for the weekend so we packed up the oxygen, antibiotics, important phone…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 