Author Archives: Adisyngray

I hate storms, I never have liked them and they always seem to come at the worst time. I remember when I was pregnant with Miss P the week she was born we had a tornado warning, then a couple weeks ago and then again today.  However I remember my mom saying the best timeContinue reading “Calm after the storm”

On Facebook today someone shared a post about a tattoo and the meaning behind it. The tattoo said “Judas Ate Too” but the meaning behind it is what got me thinking On the night before Jesus’s death we all know the disciples gathered for the last supper. The ate, talked, Jesus washed their feet andContinue reading “Judas Ate Too”

As Mothers we celebrate all the First. First Smile, First Easter,Christmas Birthday and even First day of School or ____ Grade However sometimes we need to celebrate the lasts, especially for me and other Momcologists. Today on Palm Sunday he is getting his last dose of a chemotherapy drug called Cisplatin. Last week he gotContinue reading “Last”

Since being here I have failed at laundry pretty much every time I have tried to do laundry. Rickie has had to rescue us with clean blankets Sometimes it won’t dry, sometimes it doesn’t come clean in the wash, 2 times now the laundry room had flooded while my clothes are in the dryer. IContinue reading “Laundry”

For those that know me you know that my heart has always had tug toward St.Jude. From giving me a longtime friend that is a cancer survivor, a cousin Landon who won his fight in his own way, my nana whose heart was for these kids, and Miss Alyson who really touched my heart inContinue reading “Mission Field”

Today it was nice outside so between appointments Hudson and I walked around campus. Listening to my Christian pick me up playlist. As I was walking today I was looking at all the bricks on the sidewalk and all the building thinking about the 1,000s if not millions of people that had been here inContinue reading “Powerful Pull”

Something nobody told me before coming to St.Jude is that you will gain a whole new family. Last week when my daughter went back home I didn’t want to be alone, another mom I had been talking to online her daughter was in scans. So she let me cry and have lunch with me. AnotherContinue reading “Second Family”

I have always loved Memphis and St.Jude. To the point this is where I have always wanted to work. You can ask anyone who knows me and they will tell you the same thing, But I never realized tell living here right now how much you can miss out on back home. Tonight is myContinue reading “Missing Out”

In the summer between my sophomore and junior year my nana passed away from breast cancer. Ever since then any pink in the sky I believe to be her looking down on me. Little reminders from her that she is still supporting me. St.Jude does inpatient admissions at 8pm so most the time its eitherContinue reading “Pink Skies”

I have had some many people start or end a question with “if this offends you, you don’t have to answer” when they ask me something about Hudson. Like so many other kids here Hudson is unique and special, and with that come stares, questions or even in some cases judgment. The first time HudsonContinue reading “Jesus Loves The Little Children”