Category: The Samantha Years
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Stage Mom
A lot of exciting things are happening at the Schichtel household! We are in the height of training, summer events, friends turning 40!!!??? and getting Samantha on the television. T.V. baby. Children’s really liked our Smilebox video….they liked it so much they sent it to 9news. 9news loved the pictures of the ride and our…
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Big Girl Bed! By Samantha
My bed arrived last week! It’s pretty darn cool. Remember the ‘Stay Away Seizures’ sign from Children’s Hospital? Mama feels it’s good ‘juju’ to have it above my bed:) But look at that cute big-girl bed! Mama and Daddy ordered a hospital bed but Mama thought it was important that it didn’t ‘feel’ like a…
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Wherefore Heart Thou?
Samantha went to the cardiologist today. In May, she was sick with a virus and that virus affected her heart. Pretty significantly….the heart rhythm developed a ‘gallop’ meaning her heart wasn’t beating regularly and her valves became ‘leaky’. In fact, her heartbeat was so irregular, when we tried to sedate her for a tummy procedure…
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Torrid Affair
I’m having a love affair. It’s not with my husband…….. but he seems to understand. In fact, this weekend he kicked me out of bed in order to go on my date. The subject of my affair is fabulously exotic….well he sounds exotic….his name is Scattante but I can never pronounce that correctly, so I…
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It’s hard to be sad
It’s hard to be sad when you wake up and the donations to your Courage Classic team are up to $2,100.00! It’s hard to be sad when your daughter greets you in the morning with a big, gummy smile and a slobbery cuddle. It’s hard to be sad when you walk a labyrinth with good…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 