Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria

July 25, 2010, I sat on a gurney in the middle of Littleton Hospital. I had wiped a series of endless tears, knees curled up, police milling around, nurses giving me sad, uncomfortable looks……I was desperately searching for meaning in my life. We had just lost our girl. I took…

Sigh. That is my post-two-girls-weekends’ sigh. My post belly laugh, very dehydrated, kinda tired, so grateful sigh. The past 20 months took so much: over 5 Million souls worldwide, 775,000 in the US. The past 20 months reset everything; our work, our relationships, our health, our trust. Personally, I have…

This year collaborative efforts from Summits for Samantha, Miracles for Mito and generous personal donations marks $1 Million donated to the Mitochondrial Clinic at CU Anschutz…..ridiculously proud does not do justice to how I feel about this number. It’s pretty fun to make this announcement during Mitochondrial Awareness week- a…

I know enough about football to make myself sound really dumb sometimes. ….. So please forgive me if you football fans read this and think, “she knows nothing about football and should not be posting about football.” Because you’re right. Lately with so much shit going on in the world,…