In the past two weeks, Ben and I have had a full house from both expected and unexpected visitors. Due to some electrical issues, my best friend Amanda and our godson stayed with us for three days. About two hours after they left, my Mother-in-law surprised us by showing up a day early for her [...]
It never goes away
Today I went to a funeral for one of my best friend’s mother. Not because I was all that close with anyone in her family. Her brothers had never met me and I doubt her father would have remembered me. But when you’ve been friends with someone since middle school, it’s what you do. I [...]
When you don’t fit into your real life "niche"
Thanks to blogging, I have a term for a something I deal with in real life. Every Valentine’s Day, the local Harley Davidson chapter/club/group/whatever hosts a luncheon for Muscular Dystrophy patients and their families. I’d stare at the invitation, taped to my fridge for weeks, and debate making filling out the R.S.V.P. form. Eventually, I’d [...]
128
128. It’s taken months of stress and change. I’ve cried and screamed and despaired. 128. My blood sugar number. In November, my blood sugars were a steady 350, if not higher. “Healthy” range is 90-130 (before meals). It may be by the skin of my teeth, but I’m there. I need to be able to [...]
A Secret Message
After the funeral, we congregated at Scott and Rhonda’s house, drying tears with stories from happier times and filling the void we all felt with fried chicken, green beans and ham. As if sitting through your mother’s memorial service isn’t stressful enough on a seven-year-old boy, G-man clearly had reached his limit as the living [...]
WW: Awareness
Today is the memorial service, then back home to Pennsylvania tomorrow afternoon. Hug your loved ones just a little bit longer today. Image from cafepress.com
Surprise!
Around 7 pm last night, we stood outside in the cold, shivering and huddling together, waiting for Ben to pull into the driveway. Surprise! Happy 25th Birthday! I have been dying to write up actual posts of everything I’ve been working on, but I wasn’t taking the risk of Ben reading it. He says he [...]
Our long journey begins
There was only one thing on my mind at my yearly Muscular Dystrophy appointment. For the past three years, we’ve asked about it in casual and broad terms. But this time we were prepared with focused questions and the need of a game plan. We started talking about pregnancy. To quote one of MTV’s newest [...]
Never for granted
Just the other night, I was complaining about Ben wanting to go to Gettysburg for our anniversary, and clearly how un-romantic said trip would be . . . even if he had been looking up things he knew I’d love to do . . . like a candlelight ghost tour and a private wine tasting. [...]
If the Crown Fits
So my brother compromised with wearing the crown I made for his birthday and willingly posed for photos if we didn’t make him wear it into the actual restaurant. He busted up laughing when he saw the crown and his glow-stick axe we proudly presented him with. I didn’t get too many photos, but these [...]
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