From the wee hours of Thursday the 5th of September I forced myself to keep the homecoming  day at a distance. I shoved my laptop away and thought don’t think about Summit Blvd and nothing can interfere with our final day. Then came my birthday at the end of August. As a kid it was…

Most of our lives we sling words around without understanding their power. Words like: joy-pain, courage-accept, beauty-sacrifice, celebrate-honor. At my son’s side this past summer, I have lived out the definitions of these words. I appreciate how difficult it is to produce a smile while maintaining a household, process the daily routine after a life…

Day 89 of 90 brings the most significant bronch/biopsy in our schedule.Until the phone rings in the late afternoon with a confident voice relaying “A=0, B=0 “indicating no signs of rejection, my gut will stay on spin cycle. That is the last box to check before we change our address. Albeit always a hue of…