Chase is almost 6 years old. He started Kindergarten this year, and the things he has learned and can do never never cease to amaze me. This is uncharted territory for me, all this “school” stuff… Tanner should be in 3rd grade, and I should be a pro by now… it’s really strange when your […]
Today as I took Chase by the hand to his Kindergarten orientation, as I scrolled through my facebook newsfeed looking at hundreds of smiling faces in freshly pressed outfits with new haircuts and new backpacks… I couldn’t help but think about “what should’ve been”. Today was bittersweet. Chase is starting Kindergarten at his elementary school. […]
…but you can’t take the oncology out of the mom. According to the Severe Weather Laboratory, lightning can strike the same place twice. They say that it could be a statistical fluke, but it could also be something about that site that makes it more likely to be struck. Any mom-cologist would agree, our biggest […]
So, last night we saw Theresa Caputo, the LI Medium. We have seen her before, always in group settings, and she is amazing. If you’ve ever seen her show, you know she has the funniest personality. We weren’t planning on going to this event, but like I’ve said before sometimes things just happen for a […]
I have been putting off writing for a long time now. I thought about writing at back to school time, with all the joys of watching Chase go off to school, and all the pain of looking at first day pictures knowing that I should have had two beautiful boys in my pictures too… thinking […]
Last week, The Lexiebean Foundation went to Sunrise Day camp, a camp specifically for children with cancer and their siblings on Long Island, to host our annual pizza party and give out nearly 400 goody bags for the kids. We do this every year, and every year I go with mixed emotions. That morning, after […]
Last week we had a guy come over to measure our kitchen for new cabinets. It is the first time I met him, as he came in my front door, and all I knew of him was his first name and the fact that he built cabinets. As he was measuring, Chase came home from […]
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 […]
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 […]
why is there a world cancer day? I mean, seriously, why isn’t it world cancer year? Why isn’t it what-the-hell-are-we-going-to-do-about-children-dying-day every day of the year??? One day isn’t enough. Maybe we can get a little advocacy in for a day, but then you know what happens, tomorrow everyone goes back to their normally scheduled programs […]
