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Can you declare an anthem to something? Even if it’s something that can be sad and hard? This morning I was watching church and they played this song. Because I think we should! The song Way Maker by Lee Land. If you haven’t heard it will will attach the song Way Maker But for theseContinue reading “Anthem”

Have you ever been to a swap meet? Or maybe you have seen the Phineas and Ferb episode where Candace spends the whole day trading things until she gets the item she wants. Some days cancer treatment feels like a swap meet. We want our kids to survive cancer so lets trade their hearing, vision,Continue reading “Swap Meet”

You know growing up i heard people say all the time “sticks and stones my break my bones but words can never hurt me” However more often than not Words are the thing that hurts us the most, are the thing that sticks with us more than anything else. Today Hudson and I went toContinue reading “Words”

One of the “Landmarks” at St.Jude is the ABC wall, The ABC’s of cancer. Every letter has a different word, different handwriting, and different perspectives. I see this wall at least once a day and some days several times a day. But for some reason today “W” stood out to me. W We are chemoContinue reading “Warrior”

Today is June 5th2022, it is Hudson’s birthday, it’s an anniversary of the scariest day of my life, and it’s 200 days since Hudson was diagnosed with cancer. Today is hard for so many reasons 1)Hudson is spending this birthday in the hospital, just like every other holiday since Halloween. That feels life forever ago.Continue reading “June 5th”

Something I have done with both my kids is take a “night before” picture when I put them to bed before their birthday. Never in a million years did I think tonight’s picture would be in a hospital room. I would have dreamed of putting either of my children to bed for the birthday inContinue reading “Picture”

Between the main building and the gift shop there is s little garden and in the concrete there is as Multiy color dear heart that says the word Hope Sometimes hope can be hard to come by, many of us have different stories depending on diagnoses, for me when I got here I was underContinue reading “Hope”

Did you know it takes a firefly 3.5 minutes to stop goin after it hits. Car windshield? Yes I timed it, yes I was bored driving back to Memphis and yes my dad made fun of me for it 🙂 However while timing this firefly on my drove at 8 or so at night itContinue reading “Firefly”

Today is Penelopi’s 3rd birthday and I bought her very own play house. I remember having one as a kid and I loved it. It’s was used for so many different things. As I am building it though I was using a screwdriver since I couldn’t find a power drill. My arms got so sore.Continue reading “Play house 🏠”

As I am leaving target house today that family in the car parked by mine is writing “no more chemo” and “going home” on there car. I yelled across the parking lot “that what you wanna see!” And the mama said amen As I am putting Hudson in the car the dad come up toContinue reading “Paint Markers”