A Scheduler from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital called to set up an appointment for the end of April for Cee to see The Guy in SJIA. We can now start trying to plan and organize and scurry and make it work, so it’s a bit of a relief to have the date finalized. But– […]
This post has been languishing in my drafts for over a month. In that time, our lives have been turned upside down with Cee’s latest round of results. I contemplated scrapping the whole post, but keep coming back to how helpful thinking this through has been for me. I share it now in the hopes […]
Okay. So. Let’s recap. Cee’s arthritis is eating away at her joints, and the only straws left to grasp at are in Cincinnati at the children’s hospital there. Their office will call us randomly in the future to let us know when we’re in. Then we will rearrange everything in life in order to make […]
Here’s the latest chapter in our SJIA saga. (It seems to have fallen out of fashion to call it “SOJIA.” Now it’s just “SJIA.” Like the teenager who wants to be called “Tom” instead of “Tommy,” I’ll try to accommodate the new name…but he’ll always be “Tommy” in my heart.) We ended up doing […]
Today I’m over at Everyday Ediths talking about this month’s theme: sacrifice. (Not the weird goat kind, the daily mom kind.) This picture is an oldie, but it fits my thoughts on sacrifice perfectly. You’ll have to head over to Everyday Ediths to check it out. 🙂 We’re off to Mayo with a trunk […]
Thanks for hosting, Rosie! Me: David, will you grab the camera for My Sunday Best? David: Could I take a picture with you? Me: Okay…but who is going to take the picture? Various Kids: Me! I’ll do it! I want to take a picture! We let them take turns. This was the best shot. Poor, […]
-1- Pre-Seasonal Celebrating “Liturgical Living” is hot in Catholic circles, but reading seasonal books is popular all over. We have an awesome library, but all the theme-y books get scooped up fast. So we started pre-seasonal celebrating. Books about Valentine’s Day? We checked those out at the beginning of January. Books about St. Patrick and […]