Birthdays just aren’t what they used to be. We used to have a cake, cards, presents… we used to celebrate. Today is my birthday, and I have no desire to celebrate anything. Actually, I wish it would just fade away and be just an average crappy Tuesday. I am overwhelmed by the happy birthday wishes […]
I was thinking yesterday about how different life could be. What if I went to a different high school? The one my grandparents wanted to send me to was St. Dominick’s. I wanted to go to Holy Trinity because all of my friends were going there. If I had listened to my grandparents, would I […]
November 12, 2007 was without a doubt, the greatest day of my life. Andrew and I were married 4 years and had trouble conceiving. My whole life I believed that things happened because you made them happen. If you go to college and get good grades, you get a good job. If you work hard […]
Want to hear something really scary this Halloween? 7 children will die TODAY from pediatric cancer. Pediatric cancer doesn’t pause for holidays or any other day of the year. Today 46 more children will be diagnosed, and 2,555 children will have celebrated their last Halloween last year. 2,555 children will not be wearing costumes this […]
This Sunday was a big deal for me, personally. I completed my first half-marathon. 13.1 miles. This is a big deal because I only took control of my health about a year ago. Growing up I was always athletic, I was on the swimming team in high school and I worked out often. When Tanner […]
In honor of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, we are pleased to welcome guest blogger Maria Schulz to our site. Please read this very important post!–Melissa Did you know that September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month? There was a time that I didn’t know that fact at all. Like most busy parents, I often rush […]
It’s September again. A month filled with so many emotions I’m not sure how I’m feeling from one second to the next. I’m not sure what rooftop I need to scream this from, but IT’S PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. This in itself is something that drives me a bit crazy, because shouldn’t people be aware […]
There is no such thing as closure. We never close this part of our life, the part of losing a child. It molds us forever. *Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child You learn so much when you speak with other bereaved parents. Every single one of them is going through the same pain, […]
It’s been a long month, this past March. Which is funny, because April is always a hard month for me, being Tanner’s angelversary. But this March was particularly tough…. and with no real concrete reason. Easter usually puts me on the edge of sanity, being that Tanner passed on Easter Monday. I always think about […]
So I was having this discussion with my husband on a trip to go skiing last weekend… that constant question that always comes up – why my kid? Why did he have to die? Why couldn’t it have been that he beat it? I still believe in the whole “everything for a reason” saying. I […]
