That sign God gave me … two and a half years ago
Heidi is scheduled to get Erica’s kidney August 10th. She’s been cancer-free for a year, and now her other major…
One Year Later
Anxiety looks like this: Three sisters on speaker phone for the hour and a half leading up to The Call,…
Healing
There’s a certain smell of soap that makes me cringe.The sharp edge of antisepticThat baptized our hands as we went…
Transplant Day
It's the day we've been waiting for for the past year and a half. Today at 10am, Heidi gets hooked…
Pain
A poem ~ 2.15.2020 Pain is a hungry thing, and it will sing you crazy.It doesn’t stop for you.I will…
All the Way Down
Someone recently told me (paraphrase), “people always tell their stories of pain when they’re over and they have lessons and…
Deep Darkness
We're nearing the year landmark of the Heidi-cancer journey. Mid-December, she was airlifted out of Cameroon to Germany and got…
Pray for Heidi: the magic number
Dear friends, this one's going to be brief and to the point: Heidi's bone marrow biopsy won't be today as…
Medical Update on Heidi
Dear friends, thank you all for slogging through my emotional posts. The loving and thoughtful responses you've sent, the comments…
Rare Unicorn of Grief
It could be part of a children’s book series. Little Bunny takes the train Little Bunny goes to the park…